DFAS Account

[credit_challenged09]

I had discharged my DFAS debt in bankruptcy, but it appears you can not bankrupt educational debt (tuition assistance).  After my discharge, I had some trouble with DFAS.  I finally I found someone that could update my account and get things straightened out.  Well she did, now my account has been updated to a positive status and I guess any negative connotation is gone.  Today I've noticed that my FAKO score on USAA credit monitoring has shot up 40+ points.  I haven't seen any change yet on my FICO credit monitoring.   If you ever need to reach out to someone at DFAS, let me know, I have the ladies name and fax number that assisted me!! whoot whoot! 

Good luck to those fighting the dreaded DFAS...

[Pharoe33]

Congratulations on your success! Out of curiosity does your point of contact deal directly with educational debts or do they deal with DFAS accounts in general? I'm a military retiree as well as a divorcee. I've noticed DFAS has been deducting a Surviving Spouse benefits fund from my retirement check every month for 3 years now. I was recently told that DFAS will refund that money all the way back to my divorce date. Is this is true, I would have a lot of cash to apply to my CC bills :-) Just havent been able to get in touch with anyone at DFAS to confirm this.