We are accelerated but, since we are not 141, we are not VA approved. I do have many people comming here that have VA but don't use it.
Save your VA to help you get a job. The ratings themselves are cheap when compared to the cost of a type rating. I would reccommend, as I do with all people that call me on the subject, that you pay through your commercial AMEL 'out of pocket.' Do your research on a position in a company that you want to work for and, after you have made that decision, go and recieve a type rating in that aircraft.
Type ratings qualify for VA and you're talking about 4-9 thousand each.
Just my .02.