Which dependents may qualify for Hazlewood Act benefits?
Children of service members who are killed in the line of duty, are missing in action, or who die as a result of injury or illness directly related to military service are eligible for Hazlewood Act benefits providing the child was a dependent of the Texas service member at the time he/she died. The student will need to provide official military documentation indicating he/she meets the requirement. Children of Texas service members who receive 100% VA disability benefits as a result of a disability or being individually unemployable are also eligible for this benefit. The student will need to provide official documentation from the Department of Veterans Affairs indicating that the service member has a 100% individual unemployability rating. In addition, the child must have been a dependent of the service member when the service member sustained the disabling injury or when the service member was declared to be unemployable by the VA. Effective for fall 2009, dependent children of mil
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