In this modern day of countless choices and opportunities, the Veteran's Administration (VA) offers eligible people many ways to get their Certificate of Eligibility. My son goes to Temple, the address listed on his initial direct deposit form for submitting Travel Claims is either FAX: 254-743-0399 or mail to Finance (04) 1901 Veterans Blvd., Temple, Texas 76504. Take this form to your unit, and have the unit administrator verify and sign it. After you get it signed, make copies and mail a completed form to your regional office.

For those individuals that would prefer to handle the process on their own, you can provide your proof of service along with VA Form 26-1880 and mail them to the VA office located in Winston-Salem, NC. This approach usually takes at least 3 weeks or longer to complete.

Veterans and other beneficiaries may be eligible to have toll charges reimbursed by the U.S. Department of Veteran's Affairs when they use a toll road to travel for care at a Veteran's Administration medical facility. For soldiers in the Troop Program Unit (TPU), this usually is your full time support staff.

You also have active duty periods; you get paid one training day for each day of active duty that you do. In the reserves, you have Active Training (AT), Active Duty for Training (ADT), and mobilization days. However, to be reimbursed for toll charges, you must submit a form to the VA with your receipt for payment of the toll charge no later than thirty days after the date you traveled to a VA facility for medical care.

Applicants who plan to seek VA benefits for the first time must submit the Service Discharge Form (DD-214, DD-215, or for WWII veterans, a WD form). If you received a Pay by Mail invoice for travel on 183A Toll, 290 Toll, MoPac Express Lane, or 71 Toll Lane, you may use the printed invoice as your receipt to submit for reimbursement.

According to VA analysis, only 27 percent of veterans and 14 percent of widow(er)s who are likely eligible, actually receive any money from the program. A three day training weekend will have a “6” right next to it. These units typically pay you for two training days in one day.

Simply divide your monthly va form 10-3542 instructions compensation rate by 30 days, then multiply it by the number of days you received training pay. That is, the government will guarantee payment of the loan calculated using the amount of your basic entitlement, which is currently set at $36,000.

After you have completed the Reimbursement Form, you need to send it to the Department of Veteran Affairs. A fiscal year runs from October 1 to September 30. List the fiscal year that you did your training days under the fiscal year box. Next, you're going to see a box for fiscal year and another box for training days.

Further, case managers (Vocational Rehabilitation Counselors) are authorized to approve travel pay for veterans who come in without scheduled appointments or for a scheduled appointment with the following purpose: 1) when the case manager concludes the veteran is in need of vocational or personal adjustment counseling, and; 2) the case manager provides that counseling during the meeting.

The second option allows you to waive your military pay and allowances for the days that you received training pay. A one-time funding fee is required to help pay for the VA home loan program. Under the training days, type in the number of days the reserves pays you for.