shortchanged on their forever gi bill benefits, thanks to a computer glitch. and reports say the va was never intending to pay them back. what some say. here to react, dan caldwell, a retired marine and iraq war vet. i ve seen some big headlines that say vets are going to be shortchanged on their gi bill benefits. we know there were changes to the gi bill. walk our viewers through what the truth is of this issue. so what happened is last year president trump signed into law a really great bill called the forever gi bill. it updated the gi bill and strengthened it. however the va bureaucracy, particularly in the va veteran s benefit administration wasn t able to update its systems in time for this current semester so they could properly pay veterans on time the benefits that they earned, particularly their housing stipend which veterans use to pay for things like food and rent. you alluded to the v a s computer system.