Eligibility, tuition, entitlement, living expenses and transferability side by side, and why order of use is the expensive decision.
VR and E Chapter 31 compared with the Post-9/11 GI Bill Chapter 33. On eligibility, VR and E needs a service-connected rating of at least 10 percent, or 20 percent or higher pre-discharge, plus a counselor's finding of an employment handicap; the Post-9/11 GI Bill needs 90 days or more of active service after 10 September 2001, tiered up to 100 percent of the benefit at 36 months. On tuition, VR and E pays full tuition and fees at any approved school with no annual cap, while the GI Bill pays public in-state in full but caps private schools at 30,908 dollars 34 cents per academic year, with Yellow Ribbon able to cover the gap. On entitlement, VR and E gives 48 months, extendable by the Secretary, against 36 months under the GI Bill, or 48 combined with the Montgomery GI Bill. On living expenses, VR and E pays a subsistence allowance or the elected Post-9/11 BAH rate, while the GI Bill pays a monthly housing allowance at the E-5 with-dependents BAH for the school's ZIP code. VR and E cannot be transferred to a spouse or children; the Post-9/11 GI Bill can. The most expensive mistake is reaching for the GI Bill first because it is familiar, when using VR and E first would have covered the same program and preserved all 36 months of GI Bill for later. If you were discharged on or after 1 January 2013 there is no time limit to apply for VR and E.
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Source: VR&E or the Post-9/11 GI Bill — Military Transition Toolkit (https://www.militarytransitiontoolkit.com/diagrams/vre-vs-gi-bill-comparison)
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VR&E or the Post-9/11 GI Bill. Source:
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Where this comes from
This diagram is drawn from VR&E vs the GI Bill: which to use, which cites the regulations and rate tables behind every figure shown here. If a rate changes, the guide and the diagram are updated together.
