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Military Times | GI Bill repayment for tens of thousands of student veterans will wait until next summer
Tens of thousands of student veterans shortchanged in their housing stipends last year will have to wait until summer 2020 before they start seeing that money paid back, Veterans Affairs officials acknowledged on Tuesday.
The news prolongs ongoing concerns about how the department has handled education benefits for veterans, and comes as VA officials prepare in the next few weeks to implement significant changes in how those housing payouts are processed for the spring 2020 semester. As a result of new benefits calculations, the department estimates that about 21,000 students using post-9/11 GI Bill money will see significant decreases in their monthly housing checks, while another 59,000 will see increases. |
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