DEA and restorative training under , and for a Child With Two the Marine Gunnery Sergeant David Fry Scholarship under . If the child is Then … … under age VA may pay education benefits to the child while 18, or concurrently paying disability and/or survivors benefits of to or for the same child to the extent provided in M21-1, incapable self-support Part III, Subpart v, 4.E.1.b. age 18 or older, the child’s receipt of education benefits precludes and further payment of disability or survivors benefits to or of for the child. capable Once a child receives his/her first payment of education benefits Important: (regardless of age), the election of education benefits becomes final, unless VA paid the education benefit in error. This means that at the point in time when the concurrent payment of education benefits and disability and/or survivors benefits is prohibited (at age 18, the child is incapable of unless self-support), VA must stop the payment of disability and/or survivors benefits, and the child may never reelect disability and/or survivors benefits. For more information about References: the policies discussed in this block, see , and determining whether a child is incapable of self-support, see M21-1, Part III, Subpart iii, 7 DEA, see M21-1, Part III, Subpart iii, 6.C, and the Marine Gunnery Sergeant David Fry Scholarship, see M21-1, Part III, Subpart iii, 6.B.2.
for a Child With Two DEA and restorative training under , and the Marine Gunnery Sergeant David Fry Scholarship under . If the child is … Then … under age 18, or incapable of self-support VA may pay education benefits to the child while concurrently paying disability and/or survivors benefits to or for the same child to the extent provided in M21-1, Part III, Subpart v, 4.E.1.b. age 18 or older, and capable of the child’s receipt of education benefits precludes further payment of disability or survivors benefits to or for the child. Important: Once a child receives his/her first payment of education benefits (regardless of age), the election of education benefits becomes final, unless VA paid the education benefit in error. This means that at the point in time when the concurrent payment of education benefits and disability and/or survivors benefits is prohibited (at age 18, unless the child is incapable of self-support), VA must stop the payment of disability and/or survivors benefits, and the child may never reelect disability and/or survivors benefits. References: For more information about the policies discussed in this block, see , and determining whether a child is incapable of self-support, see M21-1, Part III, Subpart iii, 7 DEA, see M21-1, Part III, Subpart iii, 6.C, and the Marine Gunnery Sergeant David Fry Scholarship, see M21-1, Part III, Subpart iii, 6.B.2.
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