Reply #80: If you were in a VA hospital after you got out, it's because they needed to fix something before you

[MADem]

could be "effectively" discharged. When the military gives you your outprocessing physical, they are supposed to fix everything before they release you from active duty. On odd occasions, particularly when they are operating under Congressionally mandated force constraints, they will let people out even if everything isn't quite right, and give them a chit to have a specific thing or two, or three, fixed at a VA facility--this is NOT usual, though. It's an exception. They only do it when they can't afford to carry a lot of people who aren't productive, for example, in wartime.

The few hundred a month for college was based on the old (Vietnam era) GI Bill, the one that was in place before VEAP, and before the Mongomery GI Bill, and before this latest version.

If you wanted the disability payment for the ear, they never "offer" it. You have to apply to the VA for it. You can do that online, now.

The GI BILL loan for the house wasn't a gift, it's a universal benefit. You had to qualify for it, though. The advantage to those loans is that they don't require the large down-payments that civilian loans demand. You still had to demonstrate an ability to pay, though.