Conditional Discharge
*Your financial aid will not be processed without the physician’s certification to support your
request for new federal loans.
Eligibility Requirements to Receive Future Loans during Conditional Discharge
A borrower, whose prior loan was conditionally discharged due to total and permanent
disability, must complete this form.
If you do not wish to take out loans please check the box below, sign and
return.
☐ I do not wish to receive student loans, I am only interested in receiving the Pell grant.
If y
ou wish to receive loans, please review the statements below, and
provide the physician’s certification form on page 2.
1. Obtain a certification from a Physician stating that you have the ability to engage in
substantial gainful activity.
*This generally means that you have sufficiently physically recovered to be capable of
attending school, successfully completing a program of study, and securing employment
in order to repay the new loan you are seeking.
2. By signing below, you acknowledge that neither the previous conditionally discharged
loan(s) nor the new loan you receive can be discharged in the future on the basis of any
injury or illness present when you applied for a total and permanent disability discharge
or at the time the new loan is made, unless your condition substantially deteriorates so
that you are again totally and permanently disabled.
3. By signing below, you acknowledge that the conditionally discharged loan(s) will be
removed from conditional discharge status and that ED has removed the conditionally
discharged loan(s) from conditional discharge status.
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Student’s Signature Date
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Student Name Student ID