2011 VA Voc Rehab Stipend Rates
VR&E Training Programs Subsistence Allowance Rate Increase As of October 1, 2010 In some cases, a veteran requires additional education or training to become employable….
False: 12-Year Time Limit To Use Chapter 31
More Voc Rehab BS… No more for me please, I’m full. Every couple months, a few disabled veterans email me about the 12-year time limit…
Flight Instruction Denied: Clark v Brown
United States Court of Veterans Appeals. George T. CLARKE, Appellant, v. Jesse BROWN, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Appellee. No. 94-1087. Jan. 10, 1997. Veteran sought…
Vocational Rehabilitation: Davenport v. Brown
United States Court of Veterans Appeals. Robert R. DAVENPORT, Appellant, v. Jesse BROWN, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Appellee. No. 91-1665. Argued Jan. 13, 1995. Decided…
VA Disability Rates 2010
Veterans Compensation Benefits Rate Tables – Effective 12/1/09 There will be no COLA for 2010 so the VA disability rates are the same as…
Will Vocational Rehabilitation Pay For Flight School?
I received the following correspondence today from a disabled veteran. He was told anyone claiming that VA Vocational Rehabilitation will pay for commercial flight school…
Get Over $300,000 For College Education
It’s true. VA Chapter 31 Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment will pay up to $300,000 or more to retrain veterans that qualify for additional benefits beyond…
24 Hour Fitness and biometric data
Should 24-Hour Fitness have your Biometric Information? Riddle: What do the 1980′s, Karate Kid, your fingerprint, and 24 Hour Fitness have in common? Answer: Capitalism, testosterone……
Top Lies Veteran Readiness And Employment Officials Tell Veterans
Many veterans fight with Veteran Readiness and Employment (VR&E) to win benefits wrongly denied. Sometimes it takes veterans years before we figure out that program…
Top 5 Individual Unemployability Misconceptions Veterans Need To Know
I recently talked with an evaluator for Total Disability Individual Unemployability (TDIU). The VA examiner, a friendly chap, had some confusion about what the Dept…
Does VA Voc Rehab pick your college?
The short answer is, “It depends.” They will pick it or at least push you in the direction of a public school. As in my…
Disabled Veterans Get Full Student Loan Discharge
Good news, disabled veterans might qualify for a full student loan forgiveness of federal loans. For many college students, student loans are a necessary evil…