Official answers on this can be obtained from VA benefits counselors at VA community centers or from veterans’ organizations (VFW, AL, AMVETS, DAV, etc.) who have certified Veteran Service Officers (VSO). Of course, you will want to do extensive reading at va.gov.
My gut unofficial feel is for the Post 9/11 GI Bill educational benefits, you will likely not qualify. SA grads have to serve 36 months past their original ADSO to qualify for 100%. There may be other benefits you will be eligible for.
Be sure to research your state veterans’ agency/bureau/department for benefits you rate as a state resident. State benefits are different programs, unique to the state, and they often define “veteran” differently. That would be at a yourstate.gov site. One of our sponsor alums was medically DQ’ed from Navy air, and there was no other community with room, so he was let go completely with just under a year of service. He went back to his home state and got an MBA in healthcare administration from a state university via his state’s veterans’ benefits program.
I am sorry your plans to commission are cut short. Other doors are waiting for you.
Don’t overlook Federal Service. Your SA and NAPS time can be credited toward Federal retirement years. If you can’t be a door-kicker, you can have their backs at the major “ABC” agencies, working as an analyst or in intel, logistics, forensics, finance, operations, administration, etc. look for “recent graduate” programs or their veteran portal on their careers page.
Below I’ve pasted in my usual post on Fed careers. Some of it may be helpful. It’s directed at those who med DQ before going to SA.
Federal agencies departments, particularly the “ABC” ones, are eager to hire college grads who wish to serve the country in the area of national security. If you can’t be a “door-kicker” or operational field agent, you can have their backs as analysts and specialists in cyber and intelligence, in forensics, communications, logistics, operations planning and other critical fields.
Below I’ve pasted some info I have used here over the years, in the hope of shining a light toward other open doors.
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Explore hiring programs for students.
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DoD STEM scholarships are available to exceptional STEM education students excelling in one of 15 supported STEM disciplines of interest to the DoD.
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You can find similar student internships, scholarships, and other programs for CIA and other major agencies. There are HS, college undergraduate and post-grad programs.
Federal service offers excellent benefits and education opportunities, plus the ability to move around in search of promotions or between agencies and departments. One of our USNA sponsor daughters had a younger sister who was a math whiz, varsity athlete, all-around scholar who would have been very competitive for SA or ROTC scholarship, but her Crohn’s DQ’ed her. She majored in Applied Mathematics at a very good school, took advantage of one of the programs above and did paid work for them in the summer, and she was hired 4 days after she graduated college. She is now doing highly classified work for that agency, and starting a fully paid for Master’s at a prestigious university.