Select Benefits, Transfer of Education Benefits (TEB)
The Colmery Act provides enhanced transfer benefits for sponsors and dependents. If a dependent passes away with unused allocated benefits, as a sponsor you can use the TEB page to transfer those benefits to other eligible dependents. Dependents who have passed away are marked (CM) for Colmery Member. Dependents who are eligible to receive transferred benefits from a Colmery Member are marked (CE) for Colmery Eligible.
When you are viewing the TEB page, a message is displayed beneath your sponsor information indicating that your request has enhanced eligibility under the Colmery Act. After all Colmery-eligible months have been reallocated to Colmery Eligible dependents, the message changes to indicate that the Colmery transfer is complete.
To transfer allocated benefits when a dependent passes away:
(CM) in the Relation column indicates that the dependent Colmery Member has been reported as passed away in DEERS. You can transfer unused months from this dependent to dependents marked eligible in the table. Dependents who have enhanced eligibility under the Colmery Act are marked (CE), or Colmery Eligible, in the table.
Note: You do not need to transfer all months allocated to a CM in a single transaction. However, the total number of months reduced from a CM must equal the months you allocate to eligible dependents in each transaction.
See also
Transfer Education Benefits-General Overview
Transfer Education Benefits-Process Overview