005.02(E)(iii) VETERANS AFFAIRS EDUCATION BENEFITS.

The Department of Veterans’ Affairs (VA) has several types of education assistance programs available for veterans, spouses, or the children of veterans. Regardless of the type of educational program paying benefits, any portion of a payment which is used to pay for tuition, fees, or other necessary educational expenses is disregarded as unearned income. Any portion of the payment not used for such expenses is countable as unearned income.