AFPC advises don't cash $3,000 VA checks

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  • By Samuel King Jr.
  • Team Eglin Public Affairs
EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. --  Don't cash that check!!

Air Force Personnel Center has advised Airmen who received $3,000 in emergency advanced payments from the Department of Veterans Affairs in late 2009 not to cash or deposit those checks.

In addition to providing payments to veterans, some payments were made to Airmen on active duty and possibly some dependents receiving transferred Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits. However, Airmen and their dependants are ineligible for the emergency payments and must be advised not to apply for the payments.

If Airmen received the checks they should not cash them or send them back to the VA at this time. The DVA will soon send letters to these Airmen and provide an address for returning the un-cashed checks. Letters will also be sent to those Airmen who already cashed or deposited the checks. These letters will provide contact information for the DVA's debt management center so Airmen can make repayment arrangements.

Airmen having questions regarding emergency payments are to be referred to the DVA website www.va.gov or the call center at 1-888-442-4551. Advance pay information is available at www.gibill.va.gov/advpayqa.htm.