Changes in Your Enrollment

911GIBill What Ifs

October 20th, 2009

I received a letter from the VA today which described each of the payments that were deposited a few days ago for my Post 9/11 GI Bill benefit. One of the pages described some “what ifs” concerning any changes in my enrollment.

Grades You Receive
VA can’t pay benefits for courses that don’t count toward your graduation requirements. If your school reports that you received a grade that doesn’t count toward your graduation, you may have to repay all benefits VA paid for the course. Here are some examples:

Generally you do not have to repay benefits for a failing grade.

If You Withdraw
If you withdraw from one or more courses after the end of your school’s drop period and receive grades that don’t count toward your graduation requirements, you may have to repay all benefits VA paid for the course from the beginning of the term.

You may not have to repay the benefits if you show the change was due to reasons beyond your control. The reasons must be unavoidable and unexpected events that directly interfered with your enrollment.

Be prepared to send evidence to support your reason.

Not that I plan on ever failing a class, but I was under the impression that if you did fail one you better break out your check book, or maybe that is just Tuition Assistance… Whatever, I shall do my best and I hope you do also! Now back to studying for my accounting test.


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  1. david says:

    “If your school reports that you received a grade that doesn’t count toward your graduation, you may have to repay all benefits VA paid for the course.”
    Does this affect your benefits for the other courses that are towards graduation, as well as BAH even though it may still be at half-time status minus the one course not going towards graduation?

    Or is just that one course that has to be repaid?

  2. NCCM(ret) says:

    David,

    Worst case, it could affect everything – suppose for a moment that you were not taking the required 12 credit hours to be entitled to the full BAH after the course is removed. The VA adviser at your college should be able to answer specifically, if not, call the VA. My guess thought is, you will not have an issue if it is just a single course and you are otherwise on the right track.

    Heck, let us know how it turns out.

  3. david says:

    Thank you.
    What I am really trying to get at is, one of my courses are not going towards graduation, so its’ more of an ‘elective’. I’ve tried to declare it a minor in order for the course to not show up as a course that’s not going towards my degree. But the department claims its not extensive enough to be a minor.

    But, If I do good on this course without withdrawing, getting an incomplete, or an AU will I still be liable to pay for this course? And are these the only ways they find out?

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