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Butler County, Ohio

County · Printed 2026-11-04 · Intel current as of 2026-11-03 · localhost:3000/geos/county-oh-butler

Free help with a VA claim

Butler County Veterans Service Commission Dental Program. Since late 2025 the commission pays for dental care at Primary Health Solutions, from examinations and cleanings to fillings, crowns, dentures, root canals and extractions, for a Butler County veteran of 90 days with a general discharge or better who holds the county veteran ID card and has seen a service officer in the last two years. www.bcvetsoh.gov/dental/index.php
Butler County Veterans Service Commission: Temporary Financial Assistance. Temporary help with housing, utilities, food, car repairs, clothing, day care and other basic costs for a Butler County veteran or family who shows a definite financial need at a face-to-face interview. The commission asks for an Ohio ID or driver's licence, and its eligibility page narrows the statute for families. www.bcvetsoh.gov/financial_assistance/index.php
Ohio County Veterans Service Commissions. Every Ohio county must have a veterans service commission, funded by a county levy of up to half a mill, that gives temporary financial help to a veteran discharged under honorable conditions, a service member or their family after three months in the county, files VA claims free, arranges rides to VA medical centers and buries an indigent veteran. codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/chapter-5901

Find a VA-accredited representative: www.va.gov/get-help-from-accredited-representative/find-rep

Butler County benefits

Butler County Auditor: Disabled Veteran Homestead Exemption and the Local Option

Butler County doubled every homestead credit, the disabled veteran's included, for tax year 2025 and did not renew it for 2026.

Gate: 100% service-connected; Individual unemployability at 100%

auditor.bcohio.gov/real_estate/homestead_new/index.php

Butler County Recorder: Free Discharge Recording and Veteran ID Card

The Butler County Recorder records a discharge and gives certified copies free, keeps it from the public, and issues a free veteran ID card valid ten years on two forms of…

www.bcvetsoh.gov/veterans_id_card/index.php

Butler County Veterans Service Commission: Indigent Burial

Up to $1,000 toward the burial of a veteran, or a veteran's parent, spouse or surviving spouse, who could not afford it, applied for by whoever handles the final affairs.

www.bcvetsoh.gov/financial_assistance/index.php

Butler County Veterans Treatment Courts

Butler County's Common Pleas Veterans Treatment Court, under Judge Michael A.

commonpleascourt.bcohio.gov/specialty_courts/vtc_program_description.php

Ohio benefits that apply here

Ohio Civil Service Examination Credit for Veterans

A veteran who passes an Ohio classified civil service exam gets 20% of the grade added, and a Guard or reserve member who has finished initial training gets 15%.

codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-124.23

Ohio County Recorders: Free Discharge Recording and the Ohio Veterans ID Card

Every county recorder must record a discharge free, keep it out of the public record for 75 years, give one free certified copy, and expunge it or the separation code on request.

codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-317.24

Ohio Disabled Veteran Homestead Exemption

A larger homestead credit, with no income test, for a veteran rated 100% service-connected or paid at 100% for individual unemployability.

Gate: 100% service-connected; Individual unemployability at the 100% rate

tax.ohio.gov/help-center/faqs/real-property-tax-homestead-means-testing

Ohio Disabled Veteran License Plates and Driver License

No registration fee, service fee, or local motor vehicle tax on the first vehicle for a veteran rated or compensated at 100% service-connected, or awarded a VA vehicle allowance.

Gate: Rated or compensated at 100%

www.bmv.ohio.gov/military-veterans-with-disabilities-plates.aspx

Ohio Free Hunting and Fishing Licenses for Disabled Veterans

Free hunting and fishing licenses, plus deer, turkey, fur taker, and the wetlands stamp, for an Ohio resident veteran whose disability VA has found permanently and totally…

Gate: Permanently and totally disabled; 100% plate path

ohiodnr.gov/buy-and-apply/hunting-fishing-boating/hunting-resources/hunting-licenses-permits

Ohio Military Retirement Pay Deduction

Ohio deducts uniformed-services retirement pay, including reserve and Ohio National Guard retirement, from Ohio income.

tax.ohio.gov/individual/military/military-servicemembers-and-ohio-income-taxes

Ohio Veterans Homes

State nursing care at Sandusky and Georgetown for an honorably discharged Ohio veteran who served in wartime, or holds a listed expeditionary medal, and who cannot earn a living…

dvs.ohio.gov/veterans-homes/apply-today

Ohio War Orphans and Severely Disabled Veterans' Children Scholarship

Tuition help for a child, age 16 through 24, of a deceased veteran or of a veteran disabled at 60% or more service-connected, who served in a covered war period.

Gate: Parent rated at least 60% service-connected

highered.ohio.gov/students/pay-for-college/ohio-grants-scholarships/wos

79 federal benefits apply here as well and are left off this page; the place page lists them.