VetTOC · Veteran benefits reference
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Henry County’s Commissioner of the Revenue takes the statewide home exemption for a veteran rated 100% service-connected, permanent, and total, on the dwelling and one acre.
Gate: 100% permanent and total; Permanent and total on the 100% path; Individual unemployability; Permanent and total on the unemployability path
Henry County taxes vehicles at $1.64 per $100 and repealed its $20.75 motor vehicle license fee effective July 1, 2026, so a veteran rated 100% permanent and total has one…
Gate: 100% permanent and total; Permanent and total on the 100% path; Individual unemployability; Permanent and total on the unemployability path
Henry County and the City of Martinsville take nominations each year for a joint Outstanding Military Veteran Award, created by the Board of Supervisors in 2009 and presented at…
www.henrycountyva.gov/306/Outstanding-Military-Veteran-Award
Henry County relieves 80%, 50% or 20% of real estate tax, to a $500 cap, for an owner who is 65 or older or permanently and totally disabled, with household income up to $40,000…
Each year Henry County Parks and Recreation collects valentines from area citizens and delivers them to the VA hospital in Salem.
Henry County Senior Services announced in June 2025 that it would launch the Miles 4 Vets Program, giving Henry County veterans rides to medical appointments in Salem and Danville.
www.henrycountyva.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_06242025-307
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.