VA expands education benefits by a year for qualifying veterans with multiple enlistments
Linda F. Hersey
January 3, 2025
WASHINGTON — More than 1 million veterans who served through multiple enlistments are now eligible for an additional 12 months of education assistance through their GI Bill benefits, the Department of Veterans Affairs announced Friday. The VA’s expansion of benefits is the result of a 2024 Supreme Court decision that effectively ended a 36-month cap on education benefits for veterans who had at least two qualifying periods of military service, the VA said. Veterans are now eligible for a total of 48 months, or four years, of tuition assistance, according to the VA. To qualify, veterans must have at least two periods of service — one that qualified them for the Montgomery GI Bill and a second that qualified them for the Post-9/11 GI Bill, the VA said.
