Post 9/11 GI Bill and MGIB updated rules following Supreme Court decision
VA has finally updated their website to reflect the new rules: https://www.va.gov/education/about-gi-bill-benefits/post-9-11/#what-if-im-eligible-for-more-t
You may qualify for additional entitlement under more than 1 education benefit
If you have 2 or more qualifying periods of active duty, you may now qualify for up to 48 months of entitlement. You must be eligible for the Post-9/11 GI Bill and either the Montgomery GI Bill Active Duty (MGIB-AD) or the Montgomery GI Bill Selected Reserve (MGIB-SR).
Note: Even if you gave up your right to use MGIB-AD or MGIB-SR benefits in the past (we call this “relinquishing” your benefits), you may now qualify to use some of that entitlement.
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What if I’m eligible for more than 1 VA education benefit?
If you’re eligible, you may be able to use more than 1 education benefit depending on how many qualifying periods of active duty you’ve completed.
**If you’ve completed 1 qualifying period of active duty**
For a period of active duty that started on or after August 1, 2011 You can use only 1 education benefit. You’ll have to choose which education benefit you’d like to use. Once you make that choice, you give up the right to use the other benefit. You can use up to a maximum of 36 months of education benefits.
If you choose to use the Post-9/11 GI Bill, you can’t switch at a later date to use one of these other education benefits instead:
Montgomery GI Bill Active Duty (MGIB-AD or Chapter 30) Montgomery GI Bill Selected Reserve (MGIB-SR or Chapter 1606) Note: It’s also true that if you choose to use MGIB-AD or MGIB-SR, you can’t switch at a later date to use Post-9/11 Bill benefits.
If you decide to use Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits and you use up all your entitlement for that benefit, we’ll refund you part or all of the payments you made into MGIB-AD. The maximum amount you can get for a refund is $1,200. [Learn more about Montgomery GI Bill refunds](https://www.va.gov/resources/montgomery-gi-bill-refunds/)
**For a period of active duty that started before August 1, 2011**
You can use MGIB-AD or MGIB-SR benefits and then switch to use Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits.
This is how your decision to switch affects your benefits:
You give up the right to use your MGIB-AD or MGIB-SR benefits, and
If you switch from using MGIB-AD to using Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits, you can use only your remaining entitlement from MGIB-AD when you start using Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits.
Example: If you have 6 months of MGIB-AD entitlement left when you switch, you’ll have 6 months of Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits to use.
You can’t switch from using Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits to using MGIB-AD or MGIB-SR. This is because when you choose to use Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits, you give up your right to use MGIB-AD and MGIB-SR.
**If you’ve completed 2 or more qualifying periods of active duty**
You may qualify for up to 48 months of benefits if you’re eligible for Post-9/11 GI Bill and either MGIB-AD or MGIB-SR benefits.
**Recent changes:**
If you’re using MGIB-AD benefits and you switch to Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits, you’re no longer restricted to your remaining MGIB-AD entitlement, and
If you gave up MGIB-AD or MGIB-SR benefits when you switched to Post-9/11 GI Bill, you may now qualify for up to 12 months of additional MGIB benefits (for a maximum of 48 months).
Note: We consider any reenlistment a separate period of active duty. But an extension isn’t a separate period of active duty.
**If you think you are eligible**, read this: https://benefits.va.gov/gibill/rudisill.asp