Yet Veterans Education Success, a nonprofit advocacy group, has received reports from thousands of student veterans over the past eight years who said they were deceived into taking out student loans.

“What is so frustrating to student veterans who discover these loans is that they know their hard-earned GI Bill would cover the full tuition and fees at any public university in the country, as required by federal statute, with a housing and book allowance on top of it,” a report from the nonprofit reads. “In other words, they have no need for loans.”

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