VetTOC · Veteran benefits reference
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Emergency ambulance service is free to all veterans residing in the U.S. Virgin Islands. No rating, no Virgin Islands Veteran test, no application.
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Free tuition at UVI, at UVI CELL, and at any academic or career and technical course run by the Department of Education, for a Virgin Islands Veteran.
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The territory reimburses a maximum of $5,000 toward the burial expenses of a Virgin Islands Veteran, on top of whatever federal burial allowance VA pays.
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Ten points added to a local civil service examination for a veteran and fifteen for a disabled veteran, where disabled means a current service-connected rating of zero percent or…
Gate: Fifteen points at a rating of zero percent or more
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A territorial home or land loan for a Virgin Islands veteran, published at a maximum of $220,000 at 3.5 percent.
The territory pays the airfare VA will not. One hundred percent of the flight for a non-service-connected appointment within the VA Caribbean network, and up to $250 outside it…
Gate: Outside the network, no more than forty percent
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Full exemption from all real property taxes on the homestead of a veteran entitled to compensation for a permanent and total service-connected disability.
Gate: Permanent and total disability
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A free burial plot in Virgin Islands cemeteries with a section set aside for veterans, reaching reservists and Guard members with twenty years and restoring a remarried surviving…
A $650 credit against the real property tax bill for a veteran or a veteran’s widowed spouse who occupies the home.
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Free veteran plates from the Office of Veterans Affairs, free Gold Star plates for two family members, a disabled plate at permanent and total, and a Veteran designation on the…
Gate: The disabled plate needs permanent and total
An annual December auction of taxi medallions open to Virgin Islands veterans only, with minimum bids of $20,000 on St. Thomas and St. John and $8,000 on St.
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Two outpatient clinics, two Vet Centers, no VA medical center and no community-based outpatient clinic.
Gate: Thirty percent or more qualifies for federal beneficiary travel
79 federal benefits apply here as well and are left off this page; the place page lists them.