No Bureau of Veterans’ Services field office sits in Hancock County; the Bureau’s itinerant service location at Ellsworth reaches the county, and claims help otherwise runs from the nearest field office by phone.
Any Hancock County veteran, at the Bureau’s itinerant office or by phone. The Bureau’s service officers help veterans file claims without a rating test, so the rating filter never hides this benefit.
No Bureau of Veterans’ Services field office sits in Somerset County; the Bureau’s itinerant service location at Pittsfield reaches the county, and claims help otherwise runs from the nearest field office by phone.
Any Somerset County veteran, at the Bureau’s itinerant office or by phone. The Bureau’s service officers help veterans file claims without a rating test, so the rating filter never hides this benefit.
No Bureau of Veterans’ Services field office sits in Knox County; the Bureau’s itinerant service location at Rockland reaches the county, and claims help otherwise runs from the nearest field office by phone.
Any Knox County veteran, at the Bureau’s itinerant office or by phone. The Bureau’s service officers help veterans file claims without a rating test, so the rating filter never hides this benefit.
No Bureau of Veterans’ Services field office sits in Oxford County; the Bureau’s itinerant service location at South Paris reaches the county, and claims help otherwise runs from the nearest field office by phone.
Any Oxford County veteran, at the Bureau’s itinerant office or by phone. The Bureau’s service officers help veterans file claims without a rating test, so the rating filter never hides this benefit.
Claims help for Kennebec County veterans runs through the Bureau of Veterans’ Services’ Augusta Field Office, 194 Winthrop Street, Augusta, (207) 287-9933, [email protected].
Any Kennebec County veteran, at the State field office. The Bureau’s service officers help veterans file claims without a rating test, so the rating filter never hides this benefit.
Penobscot County has no veterans programme of its own on its site; claims help runs through the Bureau of Veterans’ Services’ Bangor Field Office, 35 State Hospital Drive, Bangor, (207) 941-3005, [email protected].
Any Penobscot County veteran, at the State field office. The Bureau’s service officers help veterans file claims without a rating test, so the rating filter never hides this benefit.
Aroostook County veterans file federal and state claims through the Bureau of Veterans’ Services’ Caribou Field Office, 14 Access Highway, Suite 5, Caribou, (207) 492-1173, [email protected], located in the county.
Any Aroostook County veteran, at the State field office. The Bureau’s service officers help veterans file claims without a rating test, so the rating filter never hides this benefit.
Androscoggin County has no veterans programme of its own on its site; claims help runs through the Bureau of Veterans’ Services’ Lewiston Field Office, 35 Westminster Street, Lewiston, (207) 753-9106, [email protected].
Any Androscoggin County veteran, at the State field office. The Bureau’s service officers help veterans file claims without a rating test, so the rating filter never hides this benefit.
Washington County veterans file federal and state claims through the Bureau of Veterans’ Services’ Machias Field Office, 53 Prescott Drive, Suite 6, Machias, (207) 255-3306, [email protected], located in the county.
Any Washington County veteran, at the State field office. The Bureau’s service officers help veterans file claims without a rating test, so the rating filter never hides this benefit.
Cumberland County has no veterans office of its own; claims help runs through the Bureau of Veterans’ Services’ Portland Field Office, 151 Jetport Boulevard, Room 138W, Portland, (207) 822-2391, [email protected].
Any Cumberland County veteran, at the State field office. The Bureau’s service officers help veterans file claims without a rating test, so the rating filter never hides this benefit.
York County veterans file federal and state claims through the Bureau of Veterans’ Services’ Springvale Field Office, 634 Main Street, Springvale, (207) 324-1839, the one field office whose page names its service area: York County.
Any York County veteran, at the State field office. The Bureau’s service officers help veterans file claims without a rating test, so the rating filter never hides this benefit.
No Bureau of Veterans’ Services field office sits in Franklin County and no itinerant service location reaches it; claims help runs from the nearest published options, the South Paris itinerant location over the county line and the Lewiston and Augusta field offices, by phone.
Any Franklin County veteran, at the Bureau’s nearest office or by phone. The Bureau’s service officers help veterans file claims without a rating test, so the rating filter never hides this benefit.
No Bureau of Veterans’ Services field office sits in Lincoln County and no itinerant service location reaches it; claims help runs from the field offices nearest the county, Lewiston, Augusta and Portland, by phone.
Any Lincoln County veteran, at the Bureau’s nearest field office or by phone. The Bureau’s service officers help veterans file claims without a rating test, so the rating filter never hides this benefit.
No Bureau of Veterans’ Services field office sits in Waldo County and no itinerant service location reaches it; claims help runs from the field offices nearest the county, Augusta and Bangor, by phone.
Any Waldo County veteran, at the Bureau’s nearest field office or by phone. The Bureau’s service officers help veterans file claims without a rating test, so the rating filter never hides this benefit.
Military retirement plan benefits are deducted in full from Maine taxable income, with no cap and no income phase-out. From tax year 2026 the deduction reaches all seven uniformed services rather than the six armed forces.
No rating, age, or service-length test. The military retirement deduction has no rating floor, no age condition and no length-of-service requirement beyond qualifying for retired pay. The rating filter never hides this entry.
A free combination hunting, trapping and fishing licence with most permits included at a 50 percent service-connected disability rating, plus free scallop, lobster and crab licences and a dedicated disabled veterans moose hunt.
A service-connected disability rating of at least 50 percent. The free combination licence, the disabled veterans moose hunt, the donated-permit lottery and the free scallop, lobster and crab licences all use a service-connected disability rating of 50 per cent or more, with an honorable discharge.
A free lifetime day-use pass to Maine state parks, museums and historic sites for any Maine resident veteran with an honorable or general under honorable conditions discharge. No disability rating is needed.
Maine residence and an honorable or general discharge. The only tests are Maine residency and a discharge that is honorable or general under honorable conditions. No disability rating, wartime service or age condition applies, so the rating filter never hides this benefit.
Certified copies of public records needed for a VA claim are free to a veteran or their representative, and a military discharge document filed with a Maine public agency stays confidential for 62 years from issuance.
A VA claim is the gate for free records. Certified copies of public records required for VA benefits are free to the veteran or their representative under section 507-A. No rating and no wartime service is required, so the rating filter never hides this benefit.
Up to three automobiles are exempt from the annual municipal excise tax for a veteran receiving compensation for a total service-connected disability, or one granted free registration. The qualifying veteran must be named on the certificate of title.
Compensation for total, service-connected disability. The statutory test is receipt of any form of pension or compensation from the United States for total, service-connected disability arising from a line-of-duty injury or disease. No percentage and no permanence requirement appears in the section, so the rating filter never hides this benefit.
Emergency grants of up to $2,000 for a Maine veteran facing home damage, illness, homelessness or a dental emergency, with dental capped at $500. It is a grant rather than a loan.
Honorable or general under honorable conditions, and Maine residence. The gate is a discharge that is honorable or general under honorable conditions plus Maine residency. No disability rating and no wartime service is required, so the rating filter never hides this benefit.
Each November the Manatee County Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller gives veterans and active-duty members free copies, including certified copies of records such as marriage licences, deeds and court documents, free passport photos and free notary services. Show a military ID or DD-214. E-certify orders are excluded.
Veterans and active-duty members, in November. Any veteran or active-duty member with a military ID or DD-214, during November. No rating is needed.
Manatee County's Veterans Services Division in Bradenton helps veterans, dependents, survivors, reservists, Guard members and active-duty members claim VA compensation, pension, health care, education, burial and survivor benefits and appeal denials, free, by appointment. It also signs veterans up for Manatee Moves and helps with the county's combat duty grant. Call 941-745-3795.
Veterans, families, survivors and serving members. Any veteran, dependent or survivor, or a reservist, Guard or active-duty member. No rating is needed.
The Twelfth Judicial Circuit's Manatee County Veterans Treatment Court takes veterans and serving members charged with non-violent felonies, and misdemeanors case by case, but no drug dealing, for a four-phase programme of about a year. Participants pay $15 a week, or work it off at $10 an hour of public service; completing pretrial intervention can mean dismissal.
Veteran or serving member with a non-violent charge. Anyone who served or is serving, charged with a non-violent felony or a misdemeanor the team accepts, not drug dealing. No rating is needed.
Manitowoc County’s CVSO office on the Michigan Avenue Campus publishes its aid commission’s itemized grants - a $1,304.79 property tax payment, a $1,156.50 mortgage payment, $50 gas cards - from a relief fund that ran from $17,000 down to about $4,344 in 2025.
Any veteran or family member. The office assists Manitowoc County veterans and their families with claims and county aid. No rating is required, so the rating filter never hides this benefit.
Manitowoc County has no stand-alone veterans court; its cases are heard by the Sheboygan Area Veterans Treatment Court, opened August 2012, which serves six other counties besides; coordinator Craig Steward, (920) 459-3053.
Veteran defendant, court-decided admission. The Sheboygan Area Veterans Treatment Court admits veteran defendants the court finds suitable from its served counties; there is no right to participation.
The Municipal Court's Veterans Court, established November 1, 2009 and presided over by Judge Michael J. Kemerer, takes a Richland County veteran charged with a first to fourth degree misdemeanor who is amenable to treatment; every applicant is screened for PTSD, a guilty plea is entered and held in suspense, and graduation ends in a year of non-reporting probation.
Veteran with a pending eligible misdemeanor and a treatment need. A veteran or serving member charged with a first to fourth degree misdemeanor, resident of Richland County, amenable to treatment and entering voluntarily. No rating is needed.
Marathon County’s CVSO office on Lake View Drive in Wausau takes 45.86 aid applications online with a ten-day decision paid straight to the landlord or utility, and its commission is codified at county code section 2.06(18).
Any needy veteran or family of a deceased veteran. Emergency assistance or a repayable loan requires twelve months of county residency and is decided within ten days. The office assists any veteran with claims. No rating is required.
Half off the Day-Use Annual Pass for the county regional parks for a veteran with a service-connected disability: $60 off the $120 pass in 2026, $70 off in 2027 and $80 off in 2028. Day-use entry is free for veterans on Veterans Day.
Any service-connected disability. The discount is for a veteran with a service-connected disability, verified at pick-up. No minimum percentage is named.
The Maricopa County Recorder records a DD-214 for free and later issues certified copies, five of them free, on a notarized Military Discharge Public Records Request Form, at the downtown Phoenix or Mesa office.
Discharge papers. Any veteran can record a DD-214. Copies go only to the veteran or a representative, or a federal official.
Two county court programmes for veterans with a criminal case: the Superior Court Veterans Court for veterans on adult probation, which can cut fines and fees and end probation early, and the Justice Courts Veterans Treatment Court, with four regional centres taking referrals from all 27 justice courts.
Veteran with a criminal case. The Superior Court programme is for veterans on adult probation; the Justice Courts programme takes referrals of veterans and service members from the justice courts. A disability rating is not the test.
Marin County Superior Court runs a Veterans Treatment Court among its collaborative justice courts, assigned in 2026 to Judge Ahtossa Fullerton with the misdemeanour calendar, with hearings also joinable by Zoom.
Justice-involved veteran. Referral through the criminal case; the Court publishes no rating or discharge test. No rating is needed.
Marin County's Veterans Service Office, in Health and Human Services at 10 North San Pedro Road, San Rafael, helps veterans, spouses and children with VA and CalVet claims by telephone appointment, Monday to Thursday (415-473-6193), and runs Veteran's Community Connection outreach for veterans with behavioural health needs who are homeless or in the justice system.
Veterans and families. Any veteran, spouse or child can use the office. No rating is needed.
The Marinette County Board of Supervisors' 2025-2026 record carries the Veteran's Service Commission appointment of veteran Kathleen Kuenzi (November 12, 2025 notice, December 16, 2025 motion carried), the $5,000 transfer into veterans relief operations applying the non-lapsing veterans emergency assistance fund (June 30, 2026), the civil-service rule that one commissioner be an honorably discharged veteran with veteran preference points, and the November 11 Veterans Day meeting recess.
No eligibility - a board record. The record documents the county’s veterans-services administration; it grants no individual entitlement.
Marinette County's DAV Transportation page routes veterans to the Iron Mountain (Michigan) VA Medical Center by volunteer van - call the Transportation Hotline, 715-732-7567, ten to fourteen days ahead; rides currently run Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays only because of a volunteer-driver shortage, and veterans must be ambulatory.
Ambulatory veterans with scheduled VA appointments. The van serves veterans with scheduled Iron Mountain VAMC appointments; wheelchair and oxygen users cannot be transported. No rating is needed.
Marinette County's Veterans Service Office - Thomas F. Doyle, Veteran Service Officer, at the Marinette County Resource Center, 1925 Ella Court (715-732-7650) - files VA and WDVA claims under 45.80, advised by a Veteran's Service Commission appointed under 45.81, with the county's veterans emergency assistance fund balance applied to relief operations.
Any veteran or family member. The office assists Marinette County veterans and their families with VA and WDVA claims and county aid. No rating is required, so the rating filter never hides this benefit.
Indy Veterans' Court lets a veteran or active-duty member charged with a crime and diagnosed with addiction, mental illness or an injury defer prosecution through treatment. Completion ends in dismissal or a fully suspended sentence.
Veteran or service member with a diagnosis. A veteran or active-duty member charged with a crime and diagnosed with addiction, mental illness or injury. No rating is needed.
The Marion County Clerk (Julie Kincaid, 219 Adams Street, Fairmont) lists 'DD214 (Military Discharge Record)' among the documents the office records, and the Clerk's fee schedule prints 'No Charge for Service Discharge Record' under Code 59-1-10(a)(5).
Any veteran with a discharge to record. The Clerk records a DD-214 and the fee schedule prints no charge for a service discharge record. The rating filter never hides this entry.
The Marion County Clerk (Kim Wise, 102 W Austin, Room 206, Jefferson, 903-665-3971) posts no military-discharge line on its fee schedule effective January 1, 2024, which charges $5 for a clerk’s certificate and $1 a page for other copies; the free DD-214 filing (Local Government Code 192.002), the free certified copy (Government Code 603.003) and the confidentiality (552.140) are the State’s.
Any veteran with a discharge. Recording a discharge and a certified copy are free under the State statutes; copies go only to the people Government Code 552.140 lists. No rating is needed.
The Marion County Commission (Linda Longstreth, Bobby DeVaul and Ernie VanGilder; 200 Jackson Street, Fairmont) proclaimed Agent Orange Awareness Day (August 6, 2025), Chaplain's Day (February 11, 2026), Women Veteran's Day (June 10, 2026) and Buffalo Soldier Day (August 12, 2026), each accepted by Sgt. David Tucker (Retired), who on March 25, 2026 gave the commissioners a plaque for their support; no benefit was adopted, narrowed or repealed.
No eligibility - a board record. The record documents the commission’s veteran proclamations; it grants no individual entitlement.
The Marion County Commissioners Court (County Judge Leward J. LaFleur) approved, every member voting for it, a 2027 budget on August 31, 2026 with $21,240 for the Veteran Service Officer; the county posts no agendas or minutes, so nothing else of the year’s record can be read. No benefit is known to have been adopted, narrowed or repealed.
No eligibility - a board record. The record documents the county’s veterans-services administration; it grants no individual entitlement.
The Marion Municipal Court's Veterans' Treatment Court, a docket certified by the Supreme Court of Ohio since 2011 under Judge Teresa L. Ballinger, puts Marion County veterans charged with misdemeanours, and some lower felonies, into court-supervised treatment for mental illness or addiction on probation after a plea.
Justice-involved veteran. For a Marion County resident who served, charged with an eligible misdemeanour (or some lower felonies), with a mental illness or addiction. A disability rating is not the test.
The Marion County Recorder of Deeds, Harla Friesz, 100 S. Main St., Palmyra (573-769-7001), records any DD-214 or other separation document free for any person from the original, and charges nothing for certifying a copy to an authorized party on the notarized request form it posts under RSMo 59.480.
Any veteran with a discharge. Recording and copies are free under the State statute; copies go only to the veteran or the people 59.480 names. No rating is needed.
The Marion County Recorder records a DD-214 free and keeps it out of the public record. Its page says only the veteran or next of kin may get copies, but the statute also lets a service officer, a Department of Veterans Affairs employee, a funeral director and the veteran's attorney in fact obtain one.
Any discharged veteran. Recording is free for any discharge. No rating is needed.
The Marion County Sheriff waives the concealed handgun licence fee and the training certificate for an honourably discharged veteran who brings proof of the discharge and a DD-214 showing firearms proficiency, under the State's rule; others pay $67 new and $50 to renew (more for residents of under five years). 100 Executive Drive, Marion.
Honourably discharged veteran. For a veteran honourably discharged or retired from the active or reserve forces. No rating is needed.
Marion County veteran services are contracted through the Mid-Willamette Community Action Agency, in a partnership with ODVA and the county since June 2018. Accredited VSOs James Riddle and Eddie Grainger see walk-ins Monday to Wednesday, 9-11 a.m. and 1-4 p.m., at 780 Commercial St. SE, Suite 302, Salem; (971) 707-4400.
Veterans, dependents and survivors of Marion County. The contracted office takes no rating test; walk-in hours serve any veteran, so the rating filter never hides this benefit.
Marion County's Veterans Services in Ocala helps residents claim VA compensation, pension, health care, education and death and burial benefits and replace lost medals, by appointment, Monday to Friday 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Call 352-671-8422.
Marion residents who served, and families. Any veteran or family member living in Marion County. No rating is needed.
The Fifth Judicial Circuit's Marion County Veterans Treatment Court takes misdemeanor and felony defendants with a service-related mental health or substance use condition, through a State Attorney agreement, a sentence or a transfer. Defendants must have a lawyer and prove veteran status, and felony DUI is excluded along with the felonies in section 948.06(8)(c).
Proven veteran with a service-related condition and a lawyer. A veteran with a service-related mental health or substance use condition, represented by counsel; felony DUI and the listed felonies are excluded. No rating is needed.
Marion County Circuit Court's Veterans Treatment Court is a four-phase, mentor-oriented programme of at least twelve months for veterans with qualifying charges in Marion County and a substance use or mental health concern; it counts Guard and Reserve service after basic and technical training and twelve months of obligation, and the coordinator answers at 503-584-7741.
Veteran with a criminal case in Marion County. The court sets eligibility; no rating is needed.