USA SPENDING C&P B105 SURVIVORS AND DEPENDENTS EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE MAR2019

<p>VBA BENEFIT PROGRAM to provide educational opportunities to the dependents of certain disabled and deceased veterans. Spouses, surviving spouses, and children (including stepchild or adopted child) between age 18 and 26 of veterans who died from service-connected disabilities, of living veterans whose service-connected disabilities are considered permanently and totally disabling, of those who died from any cause while such service-connected disabilities were in existence, of servicepersons who have been listed for a total of more than 90 days as currently missing in action, or as currently prisoners of war, a service member 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. Children under the age of 18 may be eligible under special circumstances.</p>

VBA福利计划旨在为特定残疾或已故退伍军人的家属提供教育机会。该计划适用于以下人员的配偶、存活配偶及子女（包括继子女或收养子女），年龄介于18至26岁之间：因服役相关残疾而去世的退伍军人、服役相关残疾被认定为永久完全残疾的现役退伍军人、因任何原因在服役相关残疾存在期间去世的人员、累计被列为失踪或被俘状态超过90天的现役军人；以及美国退伍军人事务部（VA）认定为服役相关永久完全残疾，并在VA认定时为正在医院接受治疗或接受门诊医疗护理、服务或治疗的武装部队成员，且因该服役相关残疾可能被退役或释放；在特殊情况下，18岁以下的儿童也可能有资格获得此类资助。