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Can You Use the DEA and the Hazelwood Act?

September 7th, 2010
by GIBillExpert
To Whom It May Concern: I am a Veterans Employment Representative with the Texas Veterans Commission and I am trying to educate myself and a dependent of a 100% Disabled Veteran on available educational benefits. This particular dependent has exhausted all Chapter 35 benefits towards education. Therefore, I am wondering if he/she would qualify for any other educational benefits. From a Hazelwood Act requirement, would an individual age 31, dependent of a 100% Disabled Veteran qualify for any other educational benefits such as Hazelwood? Thanks. — Walter A.

The Hazelwood Act benefits may be of benefit to this student.

There is no limitation on the benefits of Texas’s Hazelwood Act based on having already used up VA educational benefits, such as the Survivors’ and Dependents’ Educational Assistance Program (DEA, or Chapter 35). If the veteran parent of the student would be eligible, and is 100% disabled, and the student is a dependent of the veteran, then the student may be able to use the benefits.

Make sure that the student is actually a dependent of the veteran, however. It is unusual for a 31-year-old to be a dependent by military standards; the state may require a dependent ID card to be shown.

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