So here is my story I joined the USARMY at 17 1/2 and was drshcaiged with a 30% service connected disability. I was never told about my benefits and 11 years later while on a flight was told by a passenger (disabled vet) that I had education, home loan and other benefits! I met with a counselor and took several tests (including an IQ test) and was told I needed to take them again because my score must be incorrect. So I took them again and scored higher! I was allowed to attended ASU College of Engineering. But when I reached my 4th year my benefits ran out. I had 12 years to use my educational benefits. I lost my VOC REHAB and had only 23 credits left to complete my degree in Biomedical Engineering with emphasis in cellular and tissue engineering. I have no degree and can not get the VA to help pay for the rest of my courses. What a waste of my time and tax payers money. I was told I had 12 years from discharge to use my educational benefits and time ran out. Seems to me if they had spent thousands of dollars for me to reach my senior year that they would have found a way for me to finish my last year. BTW at the time I was attending my degree program was 128 hours not including the courses I took for my emphasis.
