If you are receiving benefits under Chapter 30, 33, 35 & 1606 you will not receive your monthly payment until you have verified your attendance for the month. Your enrollment can be verified starting on the last calendar day of the month by text or email. If this is your first time using your VA benefits, you will need to call the education line to activate your benefits. Call 1-888-442-4551 and let the phone operator know that you need to verify your attendance for the first time. This will be for the first time only. The next month, you will recieve a text or email, if you do not respond you will not recieve money and will have to call teh VA education line.