Burial for District Veterans Without a State Veterans Cemetery
The District has no veterans cemetery of its own. District veterans are buried at the VA national cemetery at Quantico or another VA national cemetery, at Arlington if they meet…
VetTOC · Veteran benefits reference
District of Columbia
Free help with a VA claim
- Mayor’s Office of Veterans Affairs. The District’s veterans agency is a small office inside the Mayor’s Office of Community Affairs. Its accredited service officers file VA claims for free, it takes the homestead deduction applications, and it runs VetsRide, but the Code tells it to meet veterans’ needs through federal benefits wherever it can. communityaffairs.dc.gov/mova
Find a VA-accredited representative: www.va.gov/get-help-from-accredited-representative/find-rep
District of Columbia benefits
Call for Hire: D.C. Government Veterans Hiring Program
A District personnel issuance from 2019 that let agencies hire resident veterans and some spouses non-competitively into time-limited jobs at grade 12 and below.
Gate: A spouse qualified through a veteran rated 30 percent or more
edpm.dc.gov/issuances/call-hire-dc-government-veterans-hiring-program
Child Custody and Visitation During Military Deployment in the District
A deploying parent can get an expedited temporary custody or visitation order, delegate visitation to a relative, and testify remotely.
District of Columbia Disabled Veterans Homestead Deduction
Takes $445,000 off the assessed value of a District house or condominium you live in if VA has rated you permanently and totally disabled or pays you at the 100 percent rate for…
Gate: Rated 100 percent and permanent and total; Permanent and total; Or paid at the 100 percent rate for unemployability
District of Columbia Driver Licence and ID Veteran Designation
The word VETERAN printed on a District licence or identification card for anyone who served on active duty and was discharged other than dishonorably.
District of Columbia Fishing Licence, and Why There Is No Hunting Licence
The District has no hunting licence to discount and no veteran or disability discount on its fishing licence, which costs $10 for a resident.
District of Columbia Government Hiring Preference for Veterans
Five points on District government hiring registers for a veteran with 180 days of wartime service, and ten for a disabled veteran, but only within five years of discharge unless…
Gate: At 30 percent the five year limit no longer applies
District of Columbia Income Tax for Service Members and Military Spouses
A service member whose legal residence is the District pays District tax on military pay wherever stationed; one stationed in the District but domiciled elsewhere does not.
otr.cfo.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/otr/publication/attachments/2025_D40_Book_082026_v1.pdf
District of Columbia Income Tax on Military Retired Pay and Survivor Annuities
The District taxes military retired pay in full. Its $3,000 exclusion for retirees 62 and older ended with tax year 2014 and bills to restore it have died.
District of Columbia Vehicle Registration Fee Exemption for Disabled Veterans
No annual registration fee on one non-commercial vehicle owned by a veteran VA has classified as permanently and totally disabled from a service-connected condition, whatever…
Gate: Rated 100 percent and permanent and total; Permanent and total; Or unemployability that VA has made permanent and total; Permanent and total, on the unemployability route too
District of Columbia Veteran Spouse Homestead Deduction
Since October 1, 2025 the surviving spouse or domestic partner of a disabled veteran keeps the $445,000 homestead deduction, if the veteran was receiving it or would have…
District of Columbia Veteran, Women Veteran, Purple Heart and DAV Plates
Veteran plates with a separate design for each branch, a women veteran plate, a Purple Heart plate created in May 2026 with a $10 fee and no display fee, and a DAV plate for…
District of Columbia Veteran-Owned Business Enterprise Preference
A District-based business at least 51 percent owned, operated and controlled by veterans can be certified as a veteran-owned business enterprise and take 2 points on proposals or…
District of Columbia VetsRide Free Transportation
Free rides for District veterans with low income or recent unemployment.
Free Discharge Recording, Court Fee Waivers and Unclaimed Medals in the District
The Recorder of Deeds records a discharge certificate free. District courts must waive all fees for a litigant receiving VA pension or several VA homeless programmes.
In-State Tuition for Veterans at the University of the District of Columbia
The District’s only public university must charge the resident rate to a veteran with 90 days of service and to GI Bill family users living in the District, with no waiting…
uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section3679&num=0&edition=prelim
Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children in the District
District public and charter schools must ease enrolment, placement and graduation for children of active duty members, including mobilized Guard and reserve members, and for a…
Legal Protections for Service Members and Veterans in the District
The District’s Human Rights Act, one of the broadest in the country, does not list military or veteran status.
Long-Term Care for District Veterans Without a State Veterans Home
The District has no state veterans home. District veterans use the federal Armed Forces Retirement Home on North Capitol Street, which takes enlisted retirees and some disabled…
uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title24-section412&num=0&edition=prelim
Major General David F. Wherley, Jr. District of Columbia National Guard Retention and College Access Program
Up to $20,000 a year of tuition and $500 of fees for current members of the District’s Guard, paid directly to the school for one degree at each level.
Metro Reduced Fare for Veterans Rated 60 Percent or More
WMATA gives its Reduced Fare Disability SmarTrip card, roughly half fare on Metrorail and Metrobus, to a rider under 65 who shows a VA letter with a 60 percent or higher rating…
Gate: A VA letter at 60 percent or more is one route to the reduced fare card
www.wmata.com/pay/fare-programs/riders-with-disabilities.html
Military Leave and Pay Differential for District Government Employees
District government employees in the Guard or reserves get 15 days of paid military leave a year, 22 workdays for civil aid or contingency duty, unlimited leave for District…
Professional Licences and Unemployment for Military Spouses in the District
The District has no military spouse licensing statute of its own.
uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section4025a&num=0&edition=prelim
The District of Columbia National Guard and the President
The District’s Guard is the only one whose commander in chief is the President rather than a governor.
Who Counts as a Veteran in the District of Columbia
The District has no single definition. The veterans office statute asks for two years of service and an honorable discharge, government hiring asks for 180 days in wartime and…
79 federal benefits apply here as well and are left off this page; the place page lists them.