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2.2. VA Form 22-5490 - Dependent's Application for VA Education Benefits
Do not use this form to apply for Veterans' education assistance based on your own service (chapters 30, 32, 33, 1606, or 1607) or Veteran Readiness and Employment (VR&E), formerly called VA Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment benefits (chapter 31).
To apply for Veterans' Education Assistance based on your own service, use VA Form 22-1990.
To apply for Veteran Readiness and Employment (VR&E) benefits, use VA Form 28-1900.
To qualify for Survivors' and Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA) you must be either:
(1) The spouse or child of a veteran who is permanently and totally disabled as a result of a service-connected disability.
(2) The spouse or child of an individual on active duty who has been listed as missing in action, captured in the line of duty by hostile force, forcibly detained or interned in the line of duty by hostile force, or forcibly detained or interned in the line of duty by foreign government or power for more than 90 days.
(3) The surviving spouse or child of a veteran who died of a service-connected disability or who dies while a service-connected disability was rated permanent and total in nature.
(4) The surviving spouse or child of an individual on active duty for which the evidence shows that the individual is hospitalized for receiving outpatient medical care services or treatment; has a total disability permanent in nature incurred or aggravated in the line of duty in the active military, naval, or air service; and the serviceperson is likely to be discharged or released from such service for such disability.
Effective: January 2022