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State of Delaware Department of Veterans Affairs

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VETERANS ENTITLEMENTS COVERED BY LAW

EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS FOR CHILDREN OF DECEASED VETERANS, ETC.

The State of Delaware provides educational benefits for the children of deceased veterans of the military services of the United States, military service personnel held prisoner of war and military service personnel officially declared to be missing in action. In order to qualify for this entitlement an applicant shall be: the child of a member of the armed forces who was killed while on active duty or who died from disease, wounds, injuries or disabilities arising or resulting from performance of duty; a member of the armed forces who is being held, or who was held prisoner of war; or a member of the armed forces officially declared missing in action; a person who at the time of application for benefits is at least 16 years of age, but not more than 24 years of age, and who shall have been a resident of the State for at least three (3) years prior to the date of application; attending or admitted for attendance at an educational institution beyond the high school level in a program not to exceed four (4) years in duration. The per pupil benefits may include funds for the payment of room, board, tuition and required institutional fees for an academic year. Benefits shall be limited to four (4) years of training or education. The amount of benefit per pupil shall not exceed $525 per year or the amount of tuition per academic year, whichever is greater. Benefits are administered by the Delaware Postsecondary Education Commission. (Title 14, Chapter 34, Sections 3451-3455)

EDUCATION BENEFITS FOR ACTIVE MEMBERS OF THE DELAWARE NATIONAL GUARD

Any active member of a federally recognized unit of the Delaware National Guard, who meets the requirements for satisfactory membership as defined by the Adjutant General of the Delaware National Guard, shall be eligible for funding support by the Delaware National Guard for certain post-secondary education tuition and fees. (Title 14, Chapter 34, Sections 3480-3481)

COPIES OF STATEMENT OF SERVICE

The Delaware Commission of Veterans Affairs has established a repository for veterans' "Statement of Service" or similar documentary verification of active armed service. Records maintained are World War I through the Vietnam era. In 1987 the State of Delaware again started keeping records and have records from 1987 to present. (Title 29, Chapter 87, Section 8721)

HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA FOR WWII VETERANS

House Bill No. 60 provides a High School Diploma to those World War II veterans who did not graduate from high school due to their military service. Any World War II veteran who performed wartime service between December 7, 1941 - December 31, 1946 shall be eligible to receive a High School Diploma. World War II veterans interested in receiving their diploma, may contact the Delaware Commission of Veterans Affairs at (800) 344-9900 or (302) 739-2792.

FREE DEATH CERTIFICATES FOR VETERANS

The State Registrar shall furnish free of charge to the relative of a veteran, one time, a certified copy of the veteran's certificate of death providing that said certified copy is essential to the settlement of a claim involving the settlement of the veteran's affairs. All other copies shall be issued at the statutory fee. (Title 16, Chapter 31, Section 3132c)

NO CHARGE FOR NOTARY SERVICES FOR VETERANS

Service organizations' appointed notaries public may notarize documents and papers in connection with and for the benefit of any veteran, their families, or dependents. These notaries public shall make no charge for any service rendered in connection with filing claims on behalf of the veteran, their families, or dependents. The Delaware Commission of Veterans Affairs provides free notary service. (Title 29, Chapter 43, Sections 4305 and 4312)

STATE VETERANS HOME FUND

House Bill No. 500 establishes a Delaware Veterans Home Fund within the Secretary of State's office. The fund provides for individuals who claim an overpayment of taxes on their income tax return to voluntarily designate a tax deductible contribution to the Veterans Home. The fund will be used for the construction, operation and maintenance of a Veterans Home in the State of Delaware. All contributions can be forwarded to the following address: Delaware Veterans Home Fund, Department of State, 401, Federal Street, Suite 3, Dover, DE 19901.

VETERANS PREFERENCE - ADMISSION TO GOVERNOR BACON HEALTH CENTER

The Department of Health and Social Services shall give veterans of World War I, World War II, the Korean Conflict and the Vietnam era who are eligible for admission to the Health Center a preference over other persons with respect to admission thereto. (Title 16, Chapter 53, Section 5323)

PENSION BENEFITS FOR PARAPLEGIC VETERANS

Each paraplegic veteran eligible for benefits hereunder shall receive a pension from the State of $3,000 per year payable in equal monthly installments at the end of each month in which such veteran is eligible. The veteran must file evidence with the Pension Office that: he/she is a paraplegic and fully disabled to the extent that he/she has no voluntary control over either of his/her legs, and he/she is listed on the rolls of the U.S. Veterans Administration as totally disabled for the cause, and the disability is a direct result of service in the armed forces of the United States while the United States was officially at war or during a period when the United States was engaged in hostilities with another nation as a member of the United Nations. (Title 20, Chapter 10, Section 1001)

DELAWARE VETERANS MEMORIAL CEMETERY - ELIGIBILITY

Veterans and members of the Armed Forces of the U.S. who qualify under the following:

1. HONORABLE MILITARY SERVICE – A person who served on "active duty" 180 days or more other than for training, as defined – Section 101(21) Title 38 U.S. Code, as a member of the Armed Forces of the U.S. and whose service was terminated Honorably; a person who dies under honorable conditions while serving on active duty in an Armed Force of the U.S.; a member of the Merchant Marines; a member of the Reserve component of the Armed Forces, the Army National Guard, the Air National Guard, and the reserve of the Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force, or Coast Guard, who dies under honorable conditions while serving on active duty for training or full-time service. Members of the National Guard or Reserve forces of the U.S. who at the time of death was entitled to retired pay under Chapter 67 of Title 10 USC or would have been entitled to retired pay under that chapter but for the fact that the person was under 60 years of age; and provided that the Delaware residency requirements are met. Members of those organizations whose death occurs while hospitalized or undergoing treatment at the expense of the U.S. for injury or disease contracted or incurred under honorable conditions while serving on such duty or performing travel directly to or from that duty or service may also be eligible, a member of the Delaware Army National Guard or Air National Guard who has served on full-time duty as a member of the U.S. Army or Air Force (Federalized) and was not under the direct order of the Governor of Delaware, may also be eligible.

2. LEGAL RESIDENCE IN DELAWARE – The term "Legal Resident" most usually means that residence which is the principle residence or abode of the veteran, such as a residence used to establish voting and other rights in a State. The evidence must establish that the veteran was living (or had lived for the specific period of time) in Delaware with the intention of living therein in the exclusion of legal residence in any other jurisdiction. To meet the legal residency requirement (in addition to the required active military service that was honorable) the veteran must have been: a legal resident of Delaware at the time of death, or a legal resident for a period of 10 years (or more), or a legal resident of Delaware when he or she entered the Armed Forces of the U.S. or when an honorably discharged veteran was a legal resident of Delaware for less than 10 years, the Delaware Commission of Veterans Affairs, or its designee, may determine whether there are compelling reasons for waiving the 10 year resident requirement.

3. THE SPOUSE WIDOW, WIDOWER OR DEPENDENT MINOR CHILDREN -- An eligible veteran's immediate family member spouse, widow, widower, or minor children who are under 21, unmarried and dependent of the veteran-are eligible for interment. In addition, an unmarried adult child of an eligible veteran, who became permanently incapable of self-support because of a physical or mental disability before attaining the age of 21 years, may also be eligible for interment. (Title 20, Chapter 12, Sections 1201-1204)

INDIGENT VETERAN BURIAL

The Adjutant General shall provide out of funds appropriated to the Delaware National Guard for the proper interment of each and every indigent soldier, sailor or marine who shall have served in the Army, Marines, Navy or Air Force of the U.S. in any war in which it has been engaged and been honorably discharged there from, who shall at the time of his or her death be a resident of this State leaving insufficient means to defray the expenses of interment. (Title 20, Chapter 9, Section 901)

SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES FOR FORMER PRISONERS OF WAR, MISSING-IN-ACTION, PURPLE HEART RECIPIENTS, DISABLED VETERANS, MEMBERS OF THE DELAWARE NATIONAL GUARD & RESERVES, VALOR, RETIRED MILITARY & KOREAN WAR VETERANS

The owner of any private passenger vehicle or a truck with a 3/4 ton or less manufacturer's rated capacity may apply to the Department of Transportation for the assignment to that vehicle of a special Prisoner-of-War (POW), Missing-in-Action (MIA), Purple Heart or disabled veteran (DAV) registration number (Title 21, Chapter 21, Sections 2137 & 2138 and Title 21, Chapter 21, Sections 2139, 2139(a), (b), (d), (e), (g) & 2164). Eligibility information available through the Division of Motor Vehicles at (302) 739-4440.

REGISTRATION AND INSPECTION OF MOTOR VEHICLES OF DISABLED VETERANS

Any motor vehicle owned by a disabled veteran who shall ever have been eligible for "adaptive equipment" benefits under Title 38 U.S.C. (which includes, but is not limited to power steering, power brakes, power window lifts, power seats, and special equipment necessary to assist the eligible person into and out of the automobile or other conveyance) shall be registered, but shall be exempted from the payment of registration fees, provided that such exemption shall be limited to one (1) automobile per eligible veteran at any one (1) time. The Division of Motor Vehicles shall furnish, without cost, number and registration plates for all such vehicles of such design as will distinguish them from other plates for which fees are paid. Nothing herein contained shall be construed as exempting such vehicles from the requirement of inspection. (Title 21, Chapter 21, Section 2164)

STATE EMPLOYMENTVETERANS PREFERENCE

The rules shall provide for preference to be given to veterans of the armed forces of the U.S. who served during wartime. Such rules shall provide that: Preference shall be confined to original entrance and shall not be applied to promotion within the classified service or to retention in case of reduction in force; Preference shall be granted only in the form of credits to be added to earned ratings in examinations, with disabled veterans receiving no more than 10 points and other veterans no more than 5 points. A definition of a disabled veteran shall be set forth in the rules; All veterans shall be required to obtain a passing examination mark before preference credits. Employees in the classified service who, while in good standing, leave or have left the state service to engage in military service shall be given credit for seniority purposes for the time served in the armed forces not to exceed three (3) years. Any preference points for which a veteran would qualify after complying with the provisions above, may be claimed by his or her unmarried widow or widower providing he or she achieves a passing examination grade. (Title 29, Chapter 59, Section 5935)

AFFIRMATIVE ACTION

Disabled and Vietnam era veterans are included in the State Affirmative Action Plan signed by the Governor. (Executive Order 10)

CREDITED MILITARY SERVICE; ELIGIBILITY

Credited service for veterans shall mean: Those who first became an employee before July 1, 1976, full-time active duty, not in excess of 5 years, in the armed forces of the U.S. during time of war or national emergency, provided that the individual became an employee within five (5) years after completion of his or her tour of duty; or within five (5) years after his or her completion of a course of professional or vocational training, if such course was begun within five (5) years after completion of his or her tour of duty, except that the aforesaid five (5) year period within which the individual must become an employee shall not apply to full-time officers and members of the National Guard of the State who were active members of the State Employee's Pension Plan on June 1, 1970. (Title 29, Chapter 55, Section 5501)

AUCTIONEER AND BOOK AGENT EXEMPTION FOR VETERANS

No honorably discharged soldier or sailor shall be required to procure any license to follow the occupation of canvassing for the sale of books or for the occupation commonly known as that of "book agent" or for the occupation of auctioneer. The certificate of honorable discharge of any such soldier or sailor shall be conclusive evidence of the right of such soldier or sailor to follow the occupations herein before mentioned without having procured a license thereof. (Title 30, Chapter 21, Section 2116)

HUNTING, TRAPPING AND FISHING

LICENSES

Any member of the armed forces of the United States of America while actually stationed within the State shall be deemed a resident of this State for the purpose of obtaining a license to hunt, trap and fish in this State. (Title 7, Chapter 5, Section 505) Any veteran having at least a 60% service-connected disability (certified by the Veterans Administration), or 65 years or older, or are blind, are exempt from the licensing requirements. (Title 7, Chapter 5, Section 502) (To obtain a permit please contact DCVA at (302) 739-2792)

MODIFICATIONS TO TAXABLE INCOME

Persons under age 60 receiving pensions from employers, the United States, the State or any subdivision thereof, may deduct up to $2,000 off of their federal adjusted gross income. Amounts received as pension by persons age 60 or older from employers, the United States, the State or any subdivision thereof may deduct up to $12,500 off of their federal adjusted gross income. For more information contact the Department of Revenue at (302) 739-5251. (Title 30, Chapter 11, Section 1106(b)(3) The information provided above is a consolidated version of Delaware Code and other Laws/Executive Orders as they pertain to State Veterans Benefits and Entitlements. For further information about this or other questions pertaining to Veterans Benefits please write to the address on the front cover or call (302) 739-2792.

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