Can Use GI Bill During HPSP

[island doc]

For those of you with prior service who enrolled in the Montgomery BI Bill, and then do make the poor decision to go HPSP, FYI, you can draw GI Bill benefits concurrently while in HPSP. Puts a little extra money in your pocket each month.

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[RichL025]

You sure about that? A bunch of us USUHS people who had remianing eligibility researched it, and the language in the regs said it was for undergraduate degrees only.


I'd be careful - talk it over with a military lawyer to be sure. Just because you or someone else got the money, doesn't mean they were supposed to... and I'm sure you've heard stories about how uncle sam can discover his financial mistakes years later, and come back with a vengence....

 

[FliteSurgn]

I'm not sure where you guys did your research, but the GI Bill is NOT restricted to undergraduate degrees only. You can check with Veterans Affairs and not a military lawyer since the VA is who administers the program. Here is a link to the GI Bill website.

http://www.gibill.va.gov/education/c30pam.htm#_Toc79197469

Not only can you draw it for medical school, you can even get benefits during residency since it is classified as on the job training. I know a bunch of people that used their benefits that way.

 

[corpsmanUP]

I'm not sure where you guys did your research, but the GI Bill is NOT restricted to undergraduate degrees only. You can check with Veterans Affairs and not a military lawyer since the VA is who administers the program. Here is a link to the GI Bill website.

http://www.gibill.va.gov/education/c30pam.htm#_Toc79197469

Not only can you draw it for medical school, you can even get benefits during residency since it is classified as on the job training. I know a bunch of people that used their benefits that way.

Amen brother! You can use your GI bill because the only thing it requires to receive payment is to proove you are enrolled full time if you want the full pay. They are totally separate systems and the GI bill is meant to cover ANY expenses you choose to use it for. Most people have expired all their GI bill by the time they reach medical school, but on the off chance you did not, enjoy the 3 years of over a thousand dollars a month in your pocket along with all the cash and benefits you get from the HPSP. But I would say there are fewer than a handful of people in the country this would apply to. Anyone who has GI bill remaining into med school didn't use it for some reason in undergrad. And that is the rare bird!

 

[RichL025]

I'm not sure where you guys did your research, but the GI Bill is NOT restricted to undergraduate degrees only. You can check with Veterans Affairs and not a military lawyer since the VA is who administers the program. Here is a link to the GI Bill website.

http://www.gibill.va.gov/education/c30pam.htm#_Toc79197469

Not only can you draw it for medical school, you can even get benefits during residency since it is classified as on the job training. I know a bunch of people that used their benefits that way.

Yup, certianly looks that way to me, too. Perhaps the sticking point was the Army College Fund (a kicker that most of us got that increased the GI bill monthly pay). Well, I only had 2-3 months of eligibility I didn't use anyway, no great loss....

 

[edinOH]

I used my GI Bill during medical school.

I didn't go HPSP but I thought that you couldn't use HPSP and the GI Bill concurrently. Something about "double dipping". Don't know for sure, just what I "was told".

 

[USAFGMODOC]

You can use HPSP and GI Bill at the same time, it is in the fine print of the GI Bill and if you actually read the Air Force instruction on HPSP, it specifically says you can.... I found it a nice "boost" during the 3 years I drew it.

 

[corpsmanUP]

I used my GI Bill during medical school.

I didn't go HPSP but I thought that you couldn't use HPSP and the GI Bill concurrently. Something about "double dipping". Don't know for sure, just what I "was told".

Nope, totally separate funding and separate obligations. You actually do your committment for the GI Bill in advance, and you do your HPSP obligation after you take the cash and benefits. You paid for your GI Bill with your sweat and thus no entity can take that benefit from you. Its a "cash" benefit essentially. I used it to pay for PA school, and then I used my Texas Hazlewood Act money to pay for my grad school and first year of medical school. Then I took the NHSC scholarship that is the same set of benefits as the HPSP except you have a civilian service obligation. I have billed the government for all my school since I was 18, because they even pay for 75% of your college taken on active duty. So if anyone wonders if 4 short years on active duty can be life changing, just ask me!

 

[USAFGMODOC]

If you read up, this only applies to former service members going to HPSP, ie prior enlisted... Sorry about the confusion.

 

[MAC]

I received a letter from the VA office yesterday stating that I am not qualified for the GI Bill due my HPSP scholarship. I did some quick search and from the navy website http://nshs.med.navy.mil/hpsp/Pages/PriorService.htm it clearly states that one can receive both HPSP and GI Bill.

I am searching for more documentation. I would appreciate any suggestion anyone might have.

MAC

 

[Spang]

Wrong.

I used and drained my GI Bill during the first 3 years of medical school. I'm on an away rotation right now but leave for home tomorrow. PM and tell me what you need and/or I can fax some of my VA letters to you. What "VA office" are you talking about? The local one on campus? PM me and we'll get this straightened out. That money is rightfully yours.

SPANG

I received a letter from the VA office yesterday stating that I am not qualified for the GI Bill due my HPSP scholarship. I did some quick search and from the navy website http://nshs.med.navy.mil/hpsp/Pages/PriorService.htm it clearly states that one can receive both HPSP and GI Bill.

I am searching for more documentation. I would appreciate any suggestion anyone might have.

MAC

 

[MAC]

Just got an email from the VA office today saying that I am qualified for the GI Bill. The official notification will be in the mail 7-10 days from now.

MAC

 

[SquidDoc]

I have been receiving the MGIB concurrently with my HPSP scholarship for over a year now. Those entitled should apply.