VetTOC · Veteran benefits reference
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Cuyahoga County's Fiscal Office takes the State's enhanced homestead application, DTE 105I, by December 31, and renews it without a new form.
Gate: 100% service-connected; Individual unemployability at 100%
www.cuyahogacounty.gov/fiscal-officer/departments/real-property/homestead-exemption
The county pays up to $1,000 toward the funeral of a veteran who left no savings or insurance, on the funeral home's application, but only where the whole bill is $7,500 or less,…
The Fiscal Officer records and expunges discharges free. The Veterans Service Commission issues the Ohio veterans ID card, but its page asks for an honorable discharge and three…
The Common Pleas Court's Veterans Treatment Court takes a veteran on felony probation regardless of discharge type, for 12 to 18 months.
cp.cuyahogacounty.gov/court-resources/specialty-courtsprograms/veterans-treatment-court
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%.
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.
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
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
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 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
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…
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.