VA argues for limiting veterans’ GI Bill benefits in case before Supreme Court

James Rudisill, a retired Army captain now working as an FBI agent, is fighting for educational benefits before the Supreme Court. He and his Chicago attorney say the government shortchanged him out of a year’s worth of valuable Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits. (Julia Rendleman / Sun-Times)

Military veterans tapping their Post-9/11 and Montgomery GI Bills for college can legally be granted fewer college benefits than they earned, the federal government argued in a U.S. Supreme Court brief filed Monday that could affect as many as 1.7 million long-serving veterans.

The filing offers the Department of Veterans Affairs’ side of the story in Rudisill v. McDonough, a Supreme Court case having to do with how college benefits are calculated for veterans who’ve earned and used them under different plans.