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Lake County, Ohio

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Free help with a VA claim

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Lake County benefits

Lake County Recorder: Free Discharge Recording, Veteran ID Card and Honor Rewards

The Lake County Recorder records a DD-214 free, gives free certified copies, and issues a veteran ID card on a photo ID and an Honor Rewards discount card, but describes the card…

www.lakecountyohiorecorder.com/veteran-id-card

Lake County: Disabled Veteran Homestead Exemption

The Lake County Auditor takes the State's disabled veteran homestead application, but the Veterans Service Commission's pages ask for a permanent and total rating, which the…

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

www.lakecountyohio.gov/veteran-services/homestead-tax-reduction

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 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 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

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