Applications are designed to obtain the necessary information to determine eligibility for benefits. The application must be returned to the Financial Aid Office along with a copy of your Notice of Basic Eligibility or your DD214. You will then need to return the form to the BSC Veteran's Certifying Official. After the Department of Veterans Affairs has processed your application, you will receive a Certificate of Eligibility. The certificate will indicate the type of benefit, the number of months of benefits remaining, and the date they expire.
Processing takes anywhere from six to ten weeks before payment authorization is made.
Title 38, United States Code, Sections 1674 and 1724 requires that education assistance benefits to veterans be discontinued when the student ceases to make satisfactory progress. Benefits will be terminated for students who do not continue to make satisfactory progress. You must submit a letter from your professor indicating tutoring is necessary. A break, regardless of length, when the student also changes institutions.