Military pay is reduced each month for the first 12 months of duty service in order to establish an educational fund. The maximum entitlement is 36 months of full-time benefits. Benefits terminate 10 years after date of separation. Maximum entitlement is 36 months of full- time benefits which terminate ten years from the date of eligibility or the day following separation from a reserve component. Maximum entitlement is 36 months of full-time benefits.
Benefits terminate ten years from the date of discharge.
Eligible persons are entitled to a maximum of 45 months of full-time benefits. Payments are usually provided for children between the ages of 18 and 26. Approved authorization forms must be submitted to the veterans office at Las Positas, where a short fee waiver application form must be completed for fee waiver processing. Applying for Initial Title 38 Benefits Veterans must complete an Application for Education Benefits, Form 22-1990. Certification and all processing is through the V.A. Regional Center in Muskogee, Oklahoma, and the first check generally takes about two months for new applicants, and 30 days from the time the school forwards certification for those previously certified.