A relatively new blogger on the caregiver scene wrote a fantastic post about her feeling a need to explain or apologize whenever her wounded warrior has a good day. He’s able to participate in the family on these days. He’s able to get out of the house on these days. They feel like they have…
Tag Archive: Student Loan Discharge
Success story: Veteran student loan borrower gets loans forgiven, plus a refund
One of the most popular posts on my site talks about the Department of Education’s student loan Disability Discharge program. This is a little-known program for fully-disabled borrowers to get their federal student loans balances forgiven entirely. I worked incredibly hard to get transparency in the program and saw the process through to make it…
From Torrey’s Mailbag: How to dispute negative student loan information after a disability discharge
In my blog I shared information about veterans who qualify for student loan discharge and forgiveness if they are totally and permanently disabled, or deemed unemployable. I get a lot of traffic on this topic since it is a little-known benefit in the first place. As a result, I also get a lot of questions….
Did you know? Disabled veterans may apply for student loan discharge and forgiveness.
If you are a 100% total and permanently disabled veteran (100% T&P) rated by the Veteran’s Administration, or rated as individually unemployable (IU) by the VA for a service-connected condition, you are qualified to apply for forgiveness of any outstanding balances on your FEDERAL student loans, basically wiping the balances clean. You will also be…
Featured Veteran/Disability Benefit of the Month: May 2011
Did you know? Disabled veterans may apply for student loan discharge and forgiveness. In August 2008, the Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA) made changes to the Higher Education Act that establish a separate process for determining whether certain veterans are totally and permanently disabled. Veteran borrowers will be considered totally and permanently disabled for purposes…
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