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Cal-Vet Rules of Eligibility |
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Cal-Vet and VA General Rules for Eligibility:
Note: Applications involving other than honorable discharges will usually require further development by VA. This is necessary to determine if the service was under other than dishonorable conditions.
Wartime - Service During:
WWII:
9/16/1940 to 7/25/1947
Korean: 6/27/1950 to 1/31/1955
Vietnam: 8/5/1964 to 5/7/1975
You must have at least 90 days on active duty and been discharged under other
than dishonorable conditions. If you served less than 90 days, you may be
eligible if discharged for a service connected disability.
Peacetime - Service during periods:
7/26/1947
to 6/26/1950
2/1/1955 to 8/4/1964
5/8/1975 to 9/7/1980 (Enlisted)
5/8/1975 to 10/16/1981 (Officer)
You must have served at least 181 days of continuous active duty and been
discharged under other than dishonorable conditions. If you served less than
181 days, you may be eligible if discharged for a service connected disability.
Service after 9/7/1980 (enlisted) or 10/16/1981 (officer)
If you were separated from service which began after these dates, you must have:
Completed
24 months of continuous active duty or the full period (at least 181 days)
for which you were ordered or called to active duty and been discharged under
conditions other than dishonorable, or Completed at least 181 days of active
duty and been discharged under the specific authority of 10 USC 1173 (Hardship),
or 10 USC 1171 (Early Out), or have been determined to have a compensable
service-connected disability;
Been
discharged with less than 181 days of service for a service-connected disability.
Individuals may also be eligible if they were released from active duty due
to an involuntary reduction in force, certain medical conditions, or, in some
instances for the convenience of the Government.
Gulf War - Service during period 8/2/1990 to date yet to be determined
If you served on active duty during the Gulf War, you must have:
Completed
24 months of continuous active duty or the full period (at least 90 days)
for which you were called or ordered to active duty, and been discharged under
conditions other than dishonorable, or
Completed at least 90 days of active duty and been discharged under the specific
authority of 10 USC 1173 (Hardship), or 10 USC 1173 (Early Out), or have been
determined to have a compensable service-connected disability, or
Been discharged with less than 90 days of service for a service-connected
disability. Individuals may also be eligible if they were released from active
duty due to an involuntary reduction in force, certain medical conditions,
or, in some instances, for the convenience of the Government.
Active Duty Service Personnel
If you are now on regular duty (not active duty for training), you are eligible after having served 181 days (90 days during the Gulf War) unless discharged or separated from a previous qualifying period of active duty service.
Selected Reserves or National Guard:
If you are not otherwise eligible and you have completed a total of 6 years in the Selected Reserves or National Guard (member of an active unit, attended required weekend drills and 2-week active duty for training) and
Were
discharged with an honorable discharge, or
Were placed on the retired list, or
Were transferred to the Standby Reserve or an element of the Ready Reserve
other than the Selected Reserve after service characterized as honorable service,
or
Continue to serve in the Selected Reserves
Individuals who completed less than 6 years may be eligible if discharged
for a service-connected disability.
You May also be determined eligible if you:
Are
an unremarried spouse of a veteran who died while in service or from a service
connected disability, or
Are a spouse of a serviceperson missing in action or a prisoner of war
Note: Also, a surviving spouse who remarries on or after attaining age 57,
and on or after December 16, 2003, may be eligible for the home loan benefit.
However, a surviving spouse who remarried before December 16, 2003, and on
or after attaining age 57, must apply no later than December 15, 2004, to
establish home loan eligibility. VA must deny applications from surviving
spouses who remarried before December 6, 2003 that are received after December
15, 2004.
Eligibility may also be established for:
Certain
United States citizens who served in the armed forces of a government allied
with the United States in WW II.
Individuals with service as members in certain organizations, such as Public
Health Service officers, cadets at the United States Military, Air Force,
or Coast Guard Academy, midshipmen at the United States Naval Academy, officers
of National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, merchant seaman with
WW II service, and others.
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| Cal-Vet - Requirements - Era of Dates - Length of Service |
| World War II |
12/07/41 - 12/31/46 90 days |
| Peace Time | 07/26/47 - 06/26/50 181 continuous days |
| Korean Conflict | 06/27/50 - 01/31/55 90 days |
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Post Korean |
02/01/55 - 08/04/64 and 181 continuous days |
| Vietnam | 08/05/64 to 05/07/75 90 days |
| Post Vietnam | 05/08/75 to 09/07/80 181 continuous days |
| Enlisted |
09/08/80 to 08/01/90 24 months |
| Officers | 10/17/81 to 08/01/90 24 months |
| Persian Gulf | 08/02/90 to Undetermined 24 Mths or active period |
| Veterans on Active Duty | 181 continuous days |
| Active duty | not less than 90 days |