VA mistakes smother Post-9/11 GI Bill spouse

[unhappycamper]

VA mistakes smother Post-9/11 GI Bill spouse
By Rick Maze - Staff writer
Posted : Sunday Aug 15, 2010 11:52:26 EDT

An Army spouse using transferred GI Bill benefits to attend veterinary school is worried that she won’t be able to attend college this fall because of problems with overpayments.

Angela Kargus, a student at Kansas State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine, has a canceled check to show she repaid money she should never have received, but the Veterans Affairs Department has credited her with returning only part of the money and is threatening to withhold additional benefits unless she agrees to a repayment plan.

She has enlisted the help of Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kan., and Rep. Lynn Jenkins, R-Kan., to try resolve the problem before the fall term begins Aug. 23.

Jenkins’ spokeswoman, Mary Geiger, confirmed that a caseworker is helping Kargus. Brownback aides did not respond to requests for information about their involvement.

VA officials do not comment on problems involving individual students. But in congressional testimony, VA officials have said there are procedures for reviewing possible errors in payments and that the VA inspector general is looking into complaints about collection procedures for overpayments.

[mrs_p]

1. i hope she gets this cleared up

but, she does has an option - she can go into > $100,000 debt like the rest of us veterinary students.

[kirby]

2. Considering how much vets charge...

you should make that money back in just a few years.

[mrs_p]

3. that is so not true

i'll be paying this back the rest of my life.