Cheshire County Jail VA Counseling
The county Department of Corrections’ inmate programs include VA Counseling: a representative from the Veterans Administration meets with incarcerated veterans to discuss…
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Cheshire County, New Hampshire
Free help with a VA claim
- New Hampshire Division of Veterans Services and Free Records. The division must help any New Hampshire veteran or dependent secure every state and federal benefit, and must publish a state veterans handbook every two years. Any public record the VA needs to decide a claim must be certified free of charge. www.gencourt.state.nh.us/rsa/html/VIII/110-B/110-B-mrg.htm
Find a VA-accredited representative: www.va.gov/get-help-from-accredited-representative/find-rep
Cheshire County benefits
New Hampshire benefits that apply here
Applying for a New Hampshire Veteran Property Tax Credit
One permanent application by April 15 covers every later year, a written decision is due by July 1, and an appeal goes to the board of tax and land appeals or the superior court…
How a New Hampshire Town Sets Its Veteran Property Tax Credits
Every veteran property tax benefit above the $50 statewide floor is adopted town by town under RSA 72:27-a, and the town picks the amount.
New Hampshire All Veterans’ Tax Credit
The same amount as the town’s RSA 72:28 credit, but with the wartime requirement removed, so peacetime service qualifies.
New Hampshire Disabled Veteran Plates and Free Parking
One free set of plates for an amputee, paraplegic, permanently and totally disabled or totally blind veteran, carrying the accessibility symbol and the free parking that goes…
Gate: Evaluated by VA as permanently and totally disabled from service connection
New Hampshire Exemption for a Specially Adapted Homestead
A full exemption from all property taxation on the homestead of a veteran whose house was adapted with a VA SAH or SHA grant, or bought with the proceeds of selling one.
Gate: 100 percent permanent and total as prescribed in 38 C.F.R. 3.340; Individual unemployability is expressly within the cited regulation
New Hampshire First for Veterans Program
A grant-making authority created on September 8, 2026 to fund work on veteran homelessness, employment, health care access, suicide prevention, skills transfer and education.
New Hampshire Hunting and Fishing Licenses for Disabled Veterans
A perpetual free license at total and permanent service-connected disability for a $10 one-time fee, and a half-price lifetime license at 80 to 99 percent.
Gate: Totally and permanently disabled from a service-connected disability, for the perpetual license; Or 80 to 99 percent for the half-price lifetime license
New Hampshire Income Tax on Military Pay and Retirement
New Hampshire taxes no personal income at all. It never taxed wages, and the interest and dividends tax, its only personal income tax, was repealed for taxable periods beginning…
New Hampshire National Guard Enlistment and Reenlistment Incentive
Up to $1,000 to a Guard member or former member for each recruit they bring in, and up to $6,000 to a member who reenlists or reclassifies into a critical vacancy and is not…
New Hampshire National Guard State Duty Protections
A Guard member injured on state active duty is covered by the state workers’ compensation act rather than by a separate military scheme.
New Hampshire National Guard Tuition Waiver
Tuition-free courses at the state university and community college systems for an active New Hampshire Guard member, after federal tuition assistance is used first.
New Hampshire Optional Tax Credit for Combat Service
A credit of $50 to $500, rising to a $750 ceiling from April 1, 2027, for a Guard or reserve member who served in a combat zone during the tax year.
New Hampshire Standard and Optional Veterans’ Tax Credit
A $50 credit against the property tax bill everywhere in the state, which a town may raise to as much as $750, and to $1,000 from April 1, 2027 if it votes again.
New Hampshire State Veterans Cemetery
One cemetery at Boscawen run by the adjutant general. The state’s obligation is capped by statute at a grave site, opening and closing the grave, and maintenance, and eligibility…
New Hampshire Tax Credit for Service-Connected Total Disability
A $700 credit statewide once the town has adopted RSA 72:35, which a town may raise to as much as $5,000.
Gate: Total and permanent service-connected disability
New Hampshire Tax Credit for the Surviving Spouse of a Service Death
A $700 credit, which a town may raise to $2,000 and to $2,500 from April 1, 2027, for the surviving spouse of someone killed or who died on active duty.
New Hampshire Veteran and Gold Star Number Plates
The ordinary veteran plate costs the regular registration fee plus $4 per plate and accepts a general discharge under honorable conditions.
New Hampshire Veterans Licensing Acceleration Program
A designated administrator in the department of military affairs and veterans services helps a veteran turn a military occupational specialty into a state occupational licence,…
New Hampshire Veterans’ Home
One home in Tilton taking a veteran who served on active duty, in a reserve unit, or in the New Hampshire Guard, with a discharge of a character outlined in RSA 21:50.
New Hampshire Veterans’ Legal Aid Advocacy Project
Free civil legal representation through New Hampshire Legal Assistance, with an eligibility route open to a veteran whose bad-paper discharge was caused by traumatic brain…
New Hampshire Veterans’ Preference in Public Employment
The statute is a tie-breaker and nothing more: preference where a veteran is one of several equally qualified candidates.
New Hampshire Vietnam Veterans’ Bonus
A $100 state bonus for a Vietnam-era veteran who was a New Hampshire resident on entering service.
Who Counts as a Veteran in New Hampshire
New Hampshire has one statewide definition in RSA 21:50 and it is wide: an honorable discharge, a general discharge under honorable conditions, an uncharacterized discharge based…
79 federal benefits apply here as well and are left off this page; the place page lists them.