VetTOC · Veteran benefits reference
Find a VA-accredited representative: www.va.gov/get-help-from-accredited-representative/find-rep
New Castle County’s Assessment Division, 87 Read’s Way, New Castle, (302) 395-5520, takes the disabled veterans school property tax credit applications under 14 Del.
Gate: VA 100% permanent and total (including individual unemployability)
From March 8, 2027, a Delaware court must presume that a defendant who receives a VA pension or any VA service-connected disability compensation cannot pay court fines and fees,…
Gate: Any compensable service-connected rating, or a VA pension
A DAV plate for $10 once for any veteran VA has service-connected, which can also carry the wheelchair symbol and work as a disability parking plate.
A credit for the whole of the school district property tax on your home if VA pays you at 100 percent for a permanent and total disability, by schedule or through individual…
Gate: 100 percent schedular rating; Permanent and total; Or paid at 100 percent through individual unemployability; Permanent and total, on the unemployability route too
A veteran designation on a Delaware driver licence or ID card for anyone who served in any of the eight uniformed services, reserves or Guard and was discharged under conditions…
Full tuition and fees for up to four years at a Delaware public college, or a capped amount elsewhere, for a child aged 16 to 24 of a Delaware service member who died from…
One free certified copy of a veteran’s death certificate for a relative settling a claim, free notarizing of VA claim papers, free marriage certificates for active duty members…
Every Delaware police agency must run a Green Alert, like an Amber or Gold Alert, for a missing veteran or service member with a service-related physical or mental health…
A state high school diploma, including after death, for a veteran of World War II, Korea or Vietnam who left a Delaware school to serve, did not graduate or took a GED instead,…
A free licence exemption for an honorably discharged veteran rated 60 percent or more, a free licence for twelve months after discharge for Iraq and Afghanistan veterans with 90…
Gate: Free exemption at 60 percent with an honorable discharge
The spouse and children of an active duty member who is transferred out of Delaware keep in-state tuition at Delaware public colleges for as long as they stay enrolled.
If a Delaware National Guard member dies in the line of duty on state duty or while activated under Title 10, the state pays the beneficiary $375,000 in yearly installments of up…
Up to $12,500 of military retired pay is excluded from Delaware income tax at any age through 2026, rising to $15,000 in 2027, $20,000 in 2028 and $25,000 from 2029.
An honorably discharged veteran plate for a one-time $15 fee, and prisoner of war, Purple Heart and valor plates for $10.
Tuition and fees up to the in-state rate at a Delaware public college, or the equivalent at a Delaware private one, for a member of the Delaware National Guard who agrees to six…
A state pension of $3,000 a year, paid monthly, for a Delaware resident veteran who is paraplegic with no voluntary control over either leg, rated totally disabled by VA for it,…
Gate: Rated totally disabled by VA for paraplegia
Boards under the Division of Professional Regulation must credit substantially equivalent military training, keep a deployed member’s licence alive until 180 or 270 days after…
Military status is a protected class in Delaware, like race or sex, in private and public employment, housing, public accommodations and insurance.
From March 6, 2027, the state must reserve at least one parking space for veterans at each of the four DMV offices and nineteen state service centers and offices it owns, and is…
Delaware’s own version of the federal Servicemembers Civil Relief Act adds members of the Delaware National Guard called to state duty for more than 30 days, and service members…
Five points on a state merit system ranking for a veteran, ten for a disabled veteran, and five for certain spouses, on initial hiring only.
A half-price $25 annual pass for any Delaware resident who served honorably, a free pass for twelve months after discharge for Iraq and Afghanistan veterans, half price for…
A 144-bed state veterans nursing home in Milford for veterans with 181 days of active service or a Guard or reserve retirement, and now Gold Star family members, who have lived…
Gate: At 70 percent or more VA pays the full rate
Free burial for an eligible veteran at the state veterans cemeteries in Bear and Millsboro, with a fee for family members.
The employer tax credit of 10 percent of wages up to $1,500 for hiring an Iraq or Afghanistan veteran still appears on the state veterans agency’s benefits page, but by statute…
A court track that diverts veterans and reservists charged with crimes into VA treatment with regular court check-ins instead of the ordinary sentence.
Emergency grants paid straight to the landlord, utility or provider for a veteran with an honorable or general discharge who has a documented financial emergency.
Delaware has no single definition. The newest and most common test, in the veterans affairs chapter, is any active duty including Guard and reserve service with a discharge other…
79 federal benefits apply here as well and are left off this page; the place page lists them.