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Preble County, Ohio

County · Printed 2026-11-07 · Intel current as of 2026-11-06 · localhost:3000/geos/county-oh-preble

Free help with a VA claim

Preble County Commissioners: the 2025-2026 Veterans Services Record. The Preble County Commissioners’ agendas of October 2025 to November 2026 carry the Veterans Service Commission’s quarterly updates, its resolutions moving money to the general fund and asking the county to consider buying property (November 26, 2025), the $21,795 veterans transportation agreement with MVCAP (April 13, 2026), $4,612.50 of outreach items (June 10, 2026) and the transfer of the commission’s vehicle… www.prebco.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_10012025-1069
Preble County Veterans Services: Free Rides to VA Medical Appointments. The Preble County Veterans Service Commission takes veterans to and from VA or VA-approved medical appointments through a contracted local vendor - in 2026 the Miami Valley Community Action Partnership, under a $21,795 agreement - on 24 hours’ notice, for a veteran with a DD-214 on file, proof of the appointment and 90 days of county residence. preblecountyveterans.org/services/transportation
Preble County Veterans Services: Preventative Dental Program. The Preble County Veterans Service Commission’s dental programme pays for a veteran’s yearly exam, cleaning, X-rays and fluoride at a participating local dentist, and may help with further work case by case (not root canals, braces or crowns), for a county resident of 90 days with a general or better discharge, a county veterans ID card and household income within 250% of the poverty level. preblecountyveterans.org/services/preventative-dental-program
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

Preble County benefits

Preble County Auditor (Lavon Wright): the Homestead Exemption for 100% Disabled Veterans, DTE 105I

The Preble County Auditor (Lavon Wright, 101 East Main Street, Eaton, 937-456-8148) takes the homestead exemption for a veteran with a 100% service-connected or total disability…

Gate: 100% service-connected or total disability rating

www.preblecountyauditor.org/site-links/homestead-exemption

Preble County Veterans Service Commission: Claims, Emergency Financial Assistance and Fixed Income Support

The Preble County Veterans Service Commission (1322 N. Barron St., Eaton, 937-456-6111) files VA claims through its benefits counselor Sarah Bowman, gives short-term Emergency…

preblecountyveterans.org

Preble County Veterans Services: Veterans ID Card and the We Care Local Discount Programme

Preble County Veterans Services issues a county veterans ID card to an honorably discharged veteran who brings a DD-214 (honorable or under honorable conditions) and an Ohio ID;…

preblecountyveterans.org/services/we-care-program

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.