VA vows to make veterans '100 percent whole' over underpaid housing benefits

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The Veterans Affairs Department says veterans will not lose any housing benefits, pushing back on a report that the agency does not plan to reimburse those who were underpaid after a computer glitch.

“Each and every Veteran on the post-9/11 GI Bill will be made 100 percent whole -- retroactively if need be -- for their housing benefits for this academic year based on the current uncapped DoD rates,” VA spokesman Curtis Cashour said in a statement to The Hill on Thursday morning.

However, Cashour told The Hill “the NBC report is misleading and gives the false impression that some Veterans on the GI Bill will not be made whole with respect to their housing payments.”

Cashour further clarified to The Hill that “every single Veteran will be made whole for their housing benefits this year” and that the rates they are “providing are the current academic year uncapped DoD Basic Allowance for Housing [BAH] rates based on the location of a school’s main campus, rather than the physical location of the student.”

“For many students, this DoD BAH rate will be equal to or higher than their current payment,” Cashour continued. “If a student was overpaid due to the change in law or because of VBA’s [Veterans Benefit Administration] challenges in implementing the law, the student will not be held liable for the debt.” LINK