Montgomery GI Bill Selected Reserve

To encourage membership in units of the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve and to provide educational assistance to members of the reserve components called or ordered to active service in response to a war or national emergency declared by the President or Congress.

What follows is not a complete list of eligibility requirements. For more information on MGIB-SR visit https://www.va.gov/education. Generally, to qualify for benefits under MGIB-SR you must (1) Have a six-year obligation to serve in the Selected Reserve signed after June 30, 1985. If you are an officer, you must have agreed to serve six years in addition to your original obligation. For some types of training, it is necessary to have a six-year commitment that begins after September 30, 1990; (2) Complete your initial active duty for training (IADT); (3) Meet the requirement to receive a high school diploma or equivalency certificate before completing IADT. You may not use 12 hours toward a college degree to meet this requirement; and (4) Remain in good standing while serving in an active Selected Reserve unit.

Awards are authorized at the designed VA Regional Processing Office. Participants may use benefits while serving in an active selected reserve unit. MGIB-SR participants released due to disability that was not caused by misconduct will have 14 years from their date of eligibility to use benefits.

In FY 2020, an original claim will be considered timely if processed within 28 days. A supplemental claim will be considered timely if processed within 14 days. For FY 22, VA took an average of 15 days to process an initial application for benefits.