DEPENDENTS' EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE
PROGRAM (DEAP) - CHAPTER 35



Complete the VA Form 22-5490 (black ink only). Submit the application to the ETSU Office of Veterans Affairs. OR Complete the Veterans ON-line APPlication (VONAPP) Click here to access. Submit a copy of the application to the ETSU Office of Veterans Affairs.
Supporting documents:
  • Birth certificate or marriage license

  • DD214 of the Veteran, DoD Causality of Death, or copy of the disability compensation letter
Read and submit the Certificate of Understanding.


Must complete the Certification Request Form (CRF) once registered.
Must obtain a Prior Credit Evaluation by an approved VA academic advisor
  1. Undergraduates may have up to two terms to get the Prior Credit Evaluation
    (degree program outline) completed.
  2. Graduate students must submit their Prior Credit Evaluation (Approved Graduate Program of Study that is submitted to the College of Graduate Studies) at the end of their first term.
Return all documents to: Burgin Dossett Hall, Room 101-A.

Remember it may take the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs approximately 30 to 60 days to process a VA Claim (application).

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