Montgomery GI Bill for Active Duty (MGIB)

Category 4 - Veterans Educational Assistance Program
Eligibility under MGIB Category 4 may be extended to veterans who participated in the Veterans Educational Assistance Program (VEAP) if they:

Served on active duty on Oct. 9, 1996;
Participated in VEAP and contributed money to a VEAP account;
Elected MGIB by Oct. 9, 1997, and paid $1,200.

Veterans who participated in VEAP on or before Oct. 9, 1996, may also be eligible even if they did not deposit money in a VEAP account if they served on active duty from Oct. 9, 1996, through April 1, 2000, elected MGIB by Oct. 31, 2001, and contributed $2,700 to MGIB.

Certain National Guard servicemembers may also qualify under Category 4 if they:

Served for the first time on full-time active duty in the National Guard under title 32, U.S.C., between June 30, 1985, and Nov. 29, 1989, and had no previous active duty;
Elected to have National Guard service count toward establishing eligibility for MGIB during the nine-month window ending on July 9, 1997; and
Paid $1,200.

Every veteran must establish GI Bill eligibility for under one of the following four categories:

Category 1 | Category 2 | Category 3 | Category 4

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