IF YOU NEED HELP
with your VA education benefits, you can contact the VA in the following ways:

WEB~Internet

VA has a national education Home Page on the internet where you can get information on VA education benefit programs.  The National Home Page address is:   www.gibill.va.gov  You can ask questions about your education claim by selecting "Questions and Answers" from the home page.

Students receiving the Montgomery GI-Bill Active Duty or Selected Reserve are able to use the WAVE Internet application on their main website at   https://www.gibill.va.gov/wave/index.do to: Submit a monthly verification of enrollment; Report a change in enrollment; Change a mailing address; Change a direct deposit; View current benefit information; and Sign up for monthly reminder messages.

PHONE

Need help with your VA education benefits?  Call toll-free by dialing 1-888-GI BILL-1 (1-888-442-4551).  If you're hearing impaired, call 1-800-829-4833.  For other VA benefits call 1-800-827-1000. 

The automated phone system can answer many of your common quesions quickly & easily.  Below are some general instructions for the automated options.

• Dial 1-888-GIBILL-1
• Press 1 - if you have a touch tone phone.
• Press 2 - for information on your MGIB-Active Duty or Selected Reserve benefit
  
  • Press 1 - for the amount of your last payment and the date it was processed
  • Press 3 - for the date they processed your last monthly certification of enrollment
  • Press 4 - for general information on your last education award and/or how much remaining entltlement you have
• Press 0 - to speak to an Education Case Manager

MGIB-Active Duty or Selected Reserve:  Need to verify your enrollment but don't have internet access:
Call 1-877-823-2378

You can mail inquiries or claims for education to
VA Regional Processing Office
125 South Main Street, Muskogee, OK  74401 

VA Educational Benefits
VA REGIONAL OFFICE P.O. Box 8888 Muskogee, OK  74402	1-888-GI-BILL-1 or 1-888-442-4551 GI Bill website
VA's Monthly Verification of Enrollment	1-877-VAE-CERT  or 1-877-823-2378 On the web at:   WAVE
Other VA Contacts
VA REGIONAL OFFICE 8810 Rio San Diego Drive San Diego, CA  92018	(800) 827-1000 VA's website
PALM DESERT VA OUTPATIENT CLINIC 41-990 Cook Street Bldg F, Suite 1004 Palm Desert, CA  92211	(760) 341-5570 Palm Desert VA Clinic **New Location - just north of old site on Cook Street**
LOMA LINDA VA MEDICAL CENTER 11201 Benton St. Loma Linda, CA  92357	(800) 741-8387 (909) 825-7084 Loma Linda VA Medical Center
Transportation to LOMA LINDA VA MEDICAL CENTER call for more information	(800) 741-8387 ext. 2071
SAN BERNARDINO VET CENTER 1325 E. Cooley Dr., Suite 101 Colton, CA  92324	Phone: (909) 801-5762 Fax:     (909) 801-5767 Vet Center
VA's RETURNING SERVICEMEMBERS OEF/OIF for returning Active Duty, National Guard and Reserve service members of Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom	www.oefoif.va.gov/
VA's NATIONAL CENTER for PTSD	(802) 296-6300 National Center for PTSD
SUICIDE PREVENTION AWARENESS	If you are in crisis, please call 911, or go to your nearest Emergency Room, or call 1-800-273-TALK (1-800-273-8255)
VA's CENTER FOR WOMEN VETERANS	Women Veterans
VA's DIRECT DEPOSIT EFT Information (5:30 am - 2:30 pm Pacific Time)	(877) 838-2778 VA Direct Deposit
CHAMPVA Information	(800) 733-8387 CHAMPVA