12/17/2025
Survivors’ and Dependents’ Educational Assistance (Chapter 35 or DEA) students: Please take a moment to log in to your VA.gov account (https://www.va.gov/sign-in) and make sure that the personal contact information in you profile is up to date.
You can also update your contact information using Ask VA (https://www.va.gov/contact-us/ask-va/introduction) or by calling the Education Call Center at 888-442-4551, 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. CT, Monday through Friday.
Having updated contact information enables the Department of Veterans Affairs to keep you informed about important updates related to your education benefits and enrollment verification requirements.
Survivors’ and Dependents’ Educational Assistance students: make sure VA can contact you by logging into your VA account and ensuring your personal contact info is up to date: https://www.va.gov/sign-in.
