WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Department Of Veterans Affairs has issued a rule called: The 81-Month Rule for Dependents' Education Assistance.
The rule was published in the Federal Register on July 31 by Taylor N. Mattson, Alternate Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Veterans Affairs.
Summary: The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is issuing this final rule to update its regulation governing a beneficiary's receipt of education assistance from two or more programs. This action is necessary to implement a statutory amendment enacted in August 2012, which authorized an 81-month aggregate period for use of Survivors' and Dependents' Educational Assistance (Chapter 35) benefits in combination with other programs listed in the statute....