USA SPENDING C&P B110 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。该计划涵盖的对象包括退伍军人的配偶、健在或已故配偶、年龄在18至26岁之间的子女（包括继子女或领养子女），以及因服役相关残疾而死亡的退伍军人的子女；生活状态的退伍军人，其服役相关残疾被认定为永久性完全残疾；因任何原因在服役相关残疾存在期间去世的人；被列为总失踪超过90天的现役军人，或被列为当前战俘的军人；由VA认定为具有服役相关永久性完全残疾的现役军人，在VA的认定时，该军人正在医院接受住院治疗或正在接受门诊医疗服务、治疗，并且可能因该服役相关残疾而被退伍或释放；在特殊情况下，18岁以下的儿童也可能有资格。