Check Rudisill/Perkins extra GI Bill entitlement (up to 12 more months)
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Verify details: some eligibility, cost or format details were not fully confirmed on the official page. Confirm with the program before you apply.
- Who it's for
- Separate qualifying service periods (e.g., reenlistments) or one long obligated period per Perkins (2025); no double counting
Open to: veterans. - Cost
- Free with benefit
- Free with no benefit?
- No
- VA benefits
- GI Bill (required)
- What you get
- Possible restoration of up to 48 total months of GI Bill (MGIB + Post-9/11) for veterans with qualifying periods of service
- Type
- Funding, scholarship or grant
- Credential strength
- 4/5: Can restore extra months of GI Bill entitlement for veterans with multiple qualifying service periods; value depends on what it funds.
- Format
- Format unclear
- Location
- Nationwide
- Deadline
- Rolling (VA reviewing files automatically)
- Next start
- Rolling
- Stipend / housing / travel
- Post-9/11 MHA if entitlement restored
- Jobs it can lead to
- Depends on what it funds
- Notes
- Ask VA (Department of Veterans Affairs) to review for Rudisill/Perkins; bring DD-214s and reenlistment contracts.
- Official page
- benefits.va.gov/GIBILL/rudisill.asp
- Last checked
- Sep 30, 2026