VetTOC · Veteran benefits reference
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The City of Alexandria applies the statewide full real estate tax exemption for a veteran rated 100% service-connected, permanent, and total, or paid at the 100% rate for…
Gate: 100% permanent and total; Permanent and total on the 100% path; Individual unemployability; Permanent and total on the unemployability path
Alexandria exempts one passenger car, pickup, or panel truck from personal property tax for a veteran rated 100% service-connected, permanent, and total, or paid at the 100% rate…
Gate: 100% permanent and total; Permanent and total on the 100% path; Individual unemployability; Permanent and total on the unemployability path
Income-based real estate tax relief or deferral for an Alexandria resident who is permanently and totally disabled. This is separate from the 100% service-connected exemption.
Full personal property tax relief on one vehicle assessed under $30,000 for a permanently and totally disabled Alexandria resident under a $20,000 income cap and a $75,000…
www.alexandriava.gov/sites/default/files/2026-01/EDTR%20APPLICATION%202026_SS_1.8.2026.pdf
City care coordination and behavioral health referrals for a service member, veteran, or family member in Alexandria, run with Arlington County.
Disabled Veteran plates for any service-connected rating. One vehicle can be free of the annual registration fee and the annual plate fee when VA certifies limb loss, blindness,…
Gate: Any service-connected rating; Free fees: permanent and total
www.dmv.virginia.gov/vehicles/license-plates/search/disabled-veteran
A resident lifetime license to hunt, freshwater fish, or both.
Gate: At least 30% service-connected; Totally and permanently disabled
Full exemption from local real estate tax on the principal residence of a veteran VA has rated 100% service-connected, permanent, and total, or permanent and total through…
Gate: 100% permanent and total; Permanent and total on the 100% path; Individual unemployability; Permanent and total on the unemployability path
DMV sales and use tax exemption on one vehicle bought by or for a veteran VA rates 100% service-connected, permanent, and total.
Gate: 100% permanent and total; Permanent and total
www.dmv.virginia.gov/vehicles/title/disabled-vet-tax-exemption
Exemption from local personal property tax on one owned car or pickup used mainly by or for a veteran rated 100% service-connected, permanent, and total.
Gate: 100% permanent and total; Permanent and total on the 100% path; Individual unemployability; Permanent and total on the unemployability path
A Virginia Housing grant of up to $10,000 for accessibility work on a home or rental occupied by a disabled veteran or service member. Applications go through an accepted agent.
Gate: Service-connected disability
Every Virginia county, city, and town has to consider or prefer an honorably discharged veteran who meets a job’s requirements, with additional consideration for a VA…
Gate: Service-connected rating
law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title15.2/chapter15/section15.2-1509
A Virginia income-tax subtraction of up to $40,000 of military retirement pay and certain survivor benefits that were included in federal income, for tax year 2025 and later.
Tuition and mandatory-fee waiver at Virginia public colleges for the spouse or child of a veteran rated permanently and totally disabled, or at least 90% permanently disabled,…
Gate: Totally and permanently disabled; At least 90% and permanent
Local real estate tax exemption on the home of an unremarried surviving spouse of a service member who died in the line of duty, up to the locality’s average single-family…
law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title58.1/chapter32/section58.1-3219.9
A Service-Disabled Veteran-owned designation in the state SWaM vendor directory for a small business whose owner DVS has certified as a service-disabled veteran.
sbsd.virginia.gov/certification-division/service-disabled-veterans
On a Commonwealth job filled by written exam, five points after a passing score, or ten points when VA has fixed a service-connected rating. Other jobs get a selection preference.
Gate: Service-connected rating
Free Virginia State Parks passport for a veteran with a 100% service-connected disability.
Gate: 100% service-connected
Burial at no cost for the grave, opening, headstone, and outer container at one of three state veterans cemeteries, for a veteran discharged other than dishonorable and defined…
www.dvs.virginia.gov/veteran-cemeteries/cemetery-information
State care coordination and peer support for a Virginia veteran of any era and any discharge, and for family and caregivers, including post-traumatic stress and traumatic brain…
www.dvs.virginia.gov/benefits-services/veteran-and-family-support
State skilled-nursing, memory, and short-term rehabilitation care for an honorably discharged veteran who is a Virginia resident, or who entered service from Virginia, and who…
Gate: VA special daily rate
79 federal benefits apply here as well and are left off this page; the place page lists them.