USA SPENDING C&P B105 SURVIVORS AND DEPENDENTS EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE APR2019

<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（退伍军人福利计划）旨在为特定残疾和已故退伍军人的家属提供教育机会。包括配偶、遗孀和18至26岁的子女（包括继子女或收养子女）在内的家属，这些子女的父/母亲因与服役相关的残疾而去世，或生活着的退伍军人的服役相关残疾被认定为永久性和完全残疾，或因任何原因在服役相关残疾存在期间去世，或被列入已失踪超过90天或目前被列为战争囚犯的服役人员，或VA（美国退伍军人事务部）认定为具有服役相关永久性和完全残疾的服役人员，在VA的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，且可能因这种服役相关残疾而退役或释放；在特殊情况下，18岁以下的儿童也可能有资格。