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Chapter 35: Survivor’s and Dependent’s Education Assistance Program

Dependent’s Education Assistance (DEA) provides education and training opportunities to eligible dependents of veterans who are permanently and totally disabled due to a service-related condition, or who died while on active duty or as a result of a service related condition.

The program offers up to 45 months of education benefits. These benefits may be used for degree and certificate programs, apprenticeship, and on-the-job training. If you are a spouse, you may take a correspondence course. Remedial, deficiency, and refresher courses may be approved under certain circumstances.

Award amount is based on current VA pay rate for fulltime or parttime. 

Who’s Eligible: spouse or child of a person who:

• VA determines has a service-connected permanent and total disability; and
• at the time of VA's determination is a member of the Armed Forces who is hospitalized or receiving outpatient medical care, services, or treatment; and
• is likely to be discharged or released from service for this service-connected disability.
• is permanently and totally disabled  as a result of, or dies of, a service-connected disability.  The disability must arise out of or be aggravated by active duty.

Need-based Aid: No

Award Amount: Based on current VA pay rate

This aid is for Eligible Veterans and Dependents

Enrollment Requirements: Full time, parttime and halftime

Application Form/Instructions:

(VONAPP) on VA website.