§3322 Bar to Duplication of Educational Assistance Benefits

Summary

You cannot get educational payments from more than one of these VA or military programs at the same time. If you are eligible under more than one, you must pick which program to use and tell the Secretary in the form they require. Time used to repay an education loan under chapter 109 of title 10 cannot also count toward entitlement here. Service in the Selected Reserve can be counted under only one of this chapter, chapter 30, or chapters 1606 or 1607 of title 10, and you must choose which. If you were eligible for certain other programs or were making contributions to chapter 30 as of August 1, 2009, how benefits are coordinated is controlled by section 5003(c) of the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008. You cannot get both the benefits in section 3319 and the benefits in paragraph (8), (9), or (10) of section 3311 at the same time; you must choose which to receive. Starting a program under paragraph (8), (9), or (10) of section 3311 stops later payments or increases of dependency and indemnity compensation or pension based on a parent’s death for an eligible person over 18 who is pursuing education. A spouse or child who gets transferred entitlement from more than one person may use only one transfer at a time and must choose which. If qualifying service makes you eligible under multiple education authorities, you must pick which authority the service credits. A child whose parent died on active duty on or after September 11, 2001, and who is eligible under chapter 35 or paragraph (8), (9), or (10) of section 3311 may not get both and must choose which chapter to use.