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Show Veterans' questions answered to clear misunderstanding Question: My brother received re-ceived an honorable discharge from his Korean Conflict service. ser-vice. He later received a bad conduct discharge from his Post-Korean service. Does this bar him from all veterans benefits? Answer: No. Benefit entitlement entitle-ment earned during your brother's honorable wartime service is undisturbed by his subsequent Post-Korean ser. vice provided there was a break between the two service verting my Servicemen's Group Life Insurance, receiving receiv-ing GI Bill Education, and obtaining ob-taining a home loan? Answers: You have 150 days after separation from service to convert your SGLI policy. Nearly GOO commercial insurance insur-ance companies have been approved ap-proved by the VA to handle converted SGLI policies. Tile deadline for completing education and training under the rost-Korean GI Bill is eight years after your separation separ-ation from service. In figuring the deadline for using your home loan entitlement, entitle-ment, you can count on 10 years after separation plus one additional year for each three periods. As far as the bad conduct discharge is concerned, the Veterans Administration will determine, after a review of the facts, whether the discharge dis-charge was under conditions which would preclude benefits bene-fits entitlement. Question: I have just been discharged from th.e Army after af-ter service in Viet-Nam. While I was still there a representative representa-tive of the Veterans Administration Adminis-tration told us about our veteran vet-eran benefits. He also mentioned men-tioned different deadlines for applying for these benefits. Can you refresh my memory about the deadlines for con- months of service. Thus, if you were in the Army two years, you will have 18 years after separation from service in which to use your GI Bill home loan entitlement. If you have any additional questions about dealines or your veterans benefits, check with your nearest VA regional office. |