VetTOC · Veteran benefits reference
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When a veteran or surviving spouse applies for income-tested public assistance in Puerto Rico, the VA Special Monthly Pension for Aid and Attendance or Housebound status is…
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Municipalities and the Commonwealth must supply medical care, hospitalization and medication at no cost to veterans and their families at their own health facilities, on federal…
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Government certificates issued free to veterans and family, an express queue at public and private offices that serve the public, mandatory recognition of the VA identification…
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Municipalities with public cemeteries must supply funeral service and a tomb, niche or ash burial at no cost to a deceased veteran or retired reservist resident in the…
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Free tuition at the University of Puerto Rico and every public postsecondary institution for a veteran whose federal benefits are exhausted or who never had any, a fifty percent…
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An ombudsman with enforcement powers. The Procurador investigates and prosecutes violations of the Carta de Derechos, fines non-complying agencies up to $5,000 per violation, and…
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A complete exemption from Puerto Rico income tax on a military pension, added by Ley 191-2024 and claimable from tax year 2025.
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A preference in equality of conditions for a veteran and surviving spouse in every sale, lease, transfer or award of government property and in social-interest housing, and a…
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Ten percent off the individual rate at balnearios, zoos, aquariums, vacation centres, campgrounds and other recreational areas, transferable to the surviving spouse and minor or…
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A veteran entering Puerto Rico government service may buy retirement credit for all active duty time and for VA-funded study time, at six percent simple interest on the lower of…
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Three stacked exemptions on the principal residence: $5,000 of assessed value for any veteran, another $50,000 at a fifty percent rating, and a total exemption for a disabled…
Gate: Fifty percent opens the $50,000 exemption
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Half off the annual marbete for every veteran on one vehicle, excise and licence fee exemption on a VA-provided adapted car, no driver licence fees at one hundred percent, and a…
Gate: One hundred percent removes the driver licence fees
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Ten points or ten percent, whichever is greater, on any hiring or promotion exam, and a preference in equality of conditions.
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The only VA medical center in any territory is in San Juan, with five community-based outpatient clinics, three other clinics and three Vet Centers serving about 61,000 enrolled…
Gate: Thirty percent or more qualifies for beneficiary travel to any VA care
79 federal benefits apply here as well and are left off this page; the place page lists them.