VetTOC · Veteran benefits reference
Find a VA-accredited representative: www.va.gov/get-help-from-accredited-representative/find-rep
The McDowell County Board of Commissioners (Tony Brown chairman, Lynn Greene vice-chair, Patrick Ellis, Trisha Garner and David Walker; second Mondays 5:00 p.m. and third Mondays…
The McDowell County Register of Deeds (Maggie Effler Frye, Registrar, 35 West Fort St., Marion, 828-652-4727, weekdays 8:30 to 5:00) records veterans' military discharge…
A retiree with five or more years of creditable service as of August 12, 1989 pays no North Carolina income tax on their federal or military retirement benefits.
The first $45,000 of appraised value of the residence comes off the tax roll for a veteran certified permanent and total, or receiving a VA specially adapted housing grant.
Gate: Permanent and total service-connected disability
www.ncleg.gov/enactedlegislation/statutes/html/bysection/chapter_105/gs_105-277.1c.html
Every Register of Deeds in North Carolina has to record a military discharge and provide certified copies to the veteran free of charge.
www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_47/GS_47-113.2.html
In-state tuition rates for active duty members stationed in North Carolina and their dependents, for every National Guard member regardless of residence, and for a veteran using…
A lifetime hunting and fishing license for a resident veteran rated 50% or more, for a one-time nominal fee instead of an annual one.
Gate: Service-connected rating of 50% or more
www.ncwildlife.gov/outdoors/accessible-opportunities/disabled-licenses
Military retired pay is fully deductible from North Carolina taxable income for a retiree with 20 or more years of service or who was medically retired, and for a Survivor…
www.ncdor.gov/taxes-forms/individual-income-tax/military-retirement
A state pension of $105 a month at 20 years of creditable service, rising $10.50 for each additional year to a $210 ceiling, from age 60, for a Guard member with 15 years in the…
www.ncleg.gov/enactedlegislation/statutes/html/bysection/chapter_127a/gs_127a-40.html
State law expressly allows a private employer to prefer a veteran for employment without it counting as unlawful discrimination.
Gate: Total and permanent disability, for the spouse path
www.ncleg.gov/enactedlegislation/statutes/html/bysection/chapter_95/gs_95-28.4.html
A disabled veteran's vehicle altered with special equipment for a service-connected disability is exempt from North Carolina's vehicle property tax, if the veteran is entitled to…
www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_105/GS_105-275.html
Eight academic semesters for the child of a wartime veteran who died of wartime service, is or was rated at least 20% for a wartime disability, received a Purple Heart, was a…
Gate: Parent rated at least 20% for a wartime service-connected disability
www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/SessionLaws/PDF/2025-2026/SL2026-41.pdf
Six dollars off a state park campsite per night for any veteran or service member, a discounted entrance fee at the Falls, Jordan and Kerr Lake recreation areas, and, since…
www.ncparks.gov/about-us/state-parks-reservation-rates-and-activity-fees
Four state veterans cemeteries, at Black Mountain, Jacksonville, Spring Lake and Goldsboro.
Four open state skilled nursing homes, at Salisbury, Black Mountain, Kinston and Kernersville, with 449 beds; the Fayetteville home is closed for replacement.
www.milvets.nc.gov/divisions/north-carolina-state-veterans-homes
A free VETERAN designation on a driver license or identification card with proof of an honorable discharge.
www.ncdot.gov/dmv/offices-services/military/Pages/default.aspx
A free 100% Disabled Veteran plate, for a car and a motorcycle, at a 100% rating or individual unemployability paid at 100%, and a Partially Disabled Veteran plate below it at no…
Gate: 100% service-connected, for the free Disabled Veteran plate
www.milvets.nc.gov/benefits-services/military-and-veteran-license-plates
Year-for-year credit for military service toward the experience a state job requires, up to four years of credit for unrelated service, and 10 preference points where a numerical…
oshr.nc.gov/hr-governance/veterans-national-guard-preference-policy
79 federal benefits apply here as well and are left off this page; the place page lists them.