Just wondering if anyone has recieved a refund for there GI bill? The reason i ask is because $1200 bones just showed up in my bank account this is the only thing i can think of it being from.

 

Never heard of that happening before........I doubt that's what it is unless something crazy happened.

 

I heard that you weren't going to get the re-fund. Im glad i didnt pay for it! LoL. and everyone said i was dumb for not getting the GI bill when i came in. Who's laughing now! nah, im glad we got the new one though b/c before, i did regret not getting it. I'll be using the new one now to get my contractors liscense when i get out in September

 

Well that still would be dumb because the post 911 bill does not give housing stipned for online schools so all you get is tuition payed for and no $$ in your pocket. Im not switching to the post 911 bill, im gonna keep using my old one and get my masters online and put the GI Bill which pays $1300 a month in my pocket and my tuition will already be payed for by my company and my reserve TA. So pretty much I get a free masters degree while working at my full time job and GI Bill puts $$$ in the bank.

Bottom line is the 1200 up front cost is still worth it.

 

If you declined the MGIB when you had a chance to get it then you will not get the post 911 GI Bill. So I think you might be a bit upset. As far as refunding the $1200, they said if you were paying in on it still or just finished your $1200 pay in then you would get the money back. But, if you paid in the $1200 say over a year ago then you would just get $1200 added to your pot of $79k for schooling. Now that was a few months ago before the program became active so I guess anything can change on it.
Tate

 

one more thing... I checked into this a while ago, and I was pretty upset. I payed for the $600 GI Bill "kicker." While I will get my original $1200 back, I will not get the extra $600 back that I paid into it. I was pretty pissed, not just for myself, but because I used to always tell my Marines to do it when they were on deployment... Might as well have sent them to the bar with $600 of thier own cash for all the good that money does them now. ****.

 

I haven't got my money back for it. I just finished paying for it in April.

 

Does anyone have any official info on getting the money back if you just finished paying the $1200? They just took the last $100 out of my paycheck last month, so if I got it all back that would be sweet. I haven't heard anything about it until now.

 

Before I left active duty, my troop got his back as well. I haven't been in as long as some people around here, but I've been in long enough to know that I'm not going to get **** back I'll use the hell out of the living stipend when I start school again and get more than my $1200 back.

 

That may not be true, check this link

https://www.gibill2.va.gov/vba/vba.c...i=&p_topview=1

 

I talked to my base education office yesterday. They said I would get the $1200 back but it'd be after I used my 36 months of GI Bill benefits. Not sure if this is true or not, but it's what he told me.

 

3rdgen92maro: Are you still in the military? You would have had to sign up for the Post 9/11 GI Bill (Chapter 33) to receive the refund. If you are still in, I doubt you are using your GI Bill for school since you have tuition assistance.

These links will answer a lot of questions here: http://www.gibill.va.gov/GI_Bill_Info/CH33/Post-911.htm

From the official CFR: http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text...tart=1;size=25

"§ 21.9645 Refund of basic contribution to chapter 30.
(a)(1) An individual who makes an irrevocable election to receive educational assistance under this chapter by relinquishing eligibility under chapter 30 will be entitled to receive a refund of the amount contributions paid under 38 U.S.C. 3011(b) or 3012(c), up to $1,200, if the individual, as of the date of the individual's election, meets the requirements for entitlement to educational assistance under this chapter and meets one of the following requirements as of August 1, 2009—
(i) He or she is eligible for basic educational assistance under 38 U.S.C. chapter 30 and has remaining entitlement under that chapter;
(ii) He or she is eligible for basic educational assistance under 38 U.S.C. chapter 30 but has not used any entitlement under that chapter; or
(iii) He or she is a member of the Armed Forces who is eligible to receive educational assistance under 38 U.S.C. chapter 30 because he or she has met the requirements of §21.7042(a) or (b) and is making contributions as provided in §21.7042(g).
(2) Individuals are not entitled to a refund of any portion of additional contributions, of up to $600, paid towards educational assistance under 38 U.S.C. chapter 30 in accordance with the provisions of §21.7136(h).
(b) Amount of refund. The amount of any payment made under this section to the individual who made the contributions will be equal to the total amount of contributions toward basic educational assistance made by the individual as provided in §21.7042(g) multiplied by the fraction with—
(1) A numerator equal to—
(i) The number of months of entitlement under 38 U.S.C. chapter 30 remaining to the individual at the time of the election and the number of months, if any, of transferred entitlement under 38 U.S.C. chapter 30 that the individual revoked; or
(ii) 36 for individuals making contributions in accordance with §21.9645(a)(iii); and
(2) A denominator equal to 36.
(c) Timing of Payment. The amount payable under this section will only be paid to the individual who made the contributions as an increase to the monthly housing allowance payable under §21.9640(b)(1)(ii) or (b)(2)(ii) at the time his or her entitlement exhausts.
(Authority: Pub. L. 110–252, Stat. 2377–2378)"