gibill question

[Leherself]

Way too late for the original questioner, but in case anyone else is reading -

It does *not* work the other way around. If you're eligible for both the MGIB and the Post 9/11 GI Bill, then you can use 36 months of the MGIB and then switch to the Post 9/11 for another 12 months. But once you've elected to switch to Post 9/11 you can't go back to the MGIB regardless of how much you did or didn't use. *However*, if you use up your full 36 months of Post 9/11 and had paid into the MGIB, then as part of your last MHA payment you'll get refunded a percentage of your $1200 contribution based on how much MGIB eligibility you had remaining when you switched to the Post 9/11.

So, for someone like me, I never used the MGIB. I elected Post 9/11 right off the bat. So if I use all 36 months of my Post 9/11 GI Bill, then I'll get all $1200 back as part of my final check (don't know if it'll ever actually happen... finishing my Bachelor's next semester, and I still have 27 months remaining). I am *not* eligible to switch to the MGIB. *But* if I was entitled to another education program, like vocational rehabilitation, or VEAP, or something else, then I *could* still use 12 months of additional education benefits under one of those programs.

So summary. 36 months MGIB ---> 12 months Post 9/11. Yes. *Any amount* of Post 9/11 ---> switch to MGIB. No.