New Mexico State University

NMSU Military and Veterans Programs (MVP) serves as the liaison between New Mexico State University students and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Education Regional Processing Office in Muskogee, Oklahoma.

VA Education Regional Processing Office
P.O. Box 8888
Muskogee, OK 74402-8888

Education Call Center (ECC): 888-GIBILL-1 (888-442-4551)
VA Benefits Hotline: 800-827-1000

Detailed information about VA education programs and eligibility requirements is available on the VA’s Education Benefits website.  If you believe you may be eligible for VA education benefits, we encourage you to apply. The VA will review your application and make the official determination regarding your eligibility for benefits.

MVP duties include:

• Certifying students for eligible courses that apply toward the completion of a bachelor’s, master’s, or doctoral degree program. Courses required to complete an approved minor may also be certified, even when the minor requires additional credits beyond those needed to complete the degree. Only courses required to complete the student’s degree program, including an approved minor, may be certified.
  
• Working with students to prevent overpayments and help ensure that VA education benefits are accurately applied to their enrollment.
• Reporting enrollment changes and adjustments to students’ certified credit hours as required.

Responsibility of Students Receiving VA Education Benefits

Students must be admitted to and pursue a degree in an approved program to be eligible for VA education benefits. Admission procedures for veterans and other eligible students are the same as those for all NMSU students. Before their initial certification, students must submit the Student Responsibilities Form to Military and Veterans Programs (MVP). To be certified for VA education benefits, students must submit their Student Schedule and STAR Degree Audit or Degree Plan to the MVP office each semester in which they wish to be certified.

Students receiving VA education benefits are responsible for notifying MVP when any of the following occurs:

• Adding or dropping course(s)
• Withdrawing from course(s)
• Withdrawing from the University
• Discontinuing regular class attendance
• Changing an academic program, including a major or minor

VA education benefits are payable for regular attendance in courses required to complete the student’s approved degree program, including eligible major and minor requirements.

VA education benefits are not payable for:

• Courses that are not attended regularly
• Repeating a course for which a passing grade was received
• Courses for which credit is awarded through successful completion of a proficiency examination or credit-by-examination
• Courses taken on an audit basis
• Courses that are dropped or withdrawn from
• Courses that are not required to complete the student’s approved degree program, including major or minor requirements