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West Virginia Division of Veteran’s Affairs-
Administrative
Office
1321 Plaza
East – Suite 101
Charleston, WV 25301
1-888-838-2332
(304)
558-3661
Local
Office
407 Neville Street
PO Box 1751
Beckley, WV 25801
256-6955
Contact: Jim Farnsworth, Veteran’s Offices Drema Pack, Administrative
Assistant
The
Division of Veterans Affairs of West Virginia assists all veterans, their
widows, dependents and orphans in
proper preparation and presentation of their claims for the benefits of their rights and privileges
under federal and state laws enacted for their benefits.
State Benefits:
Homestead
Tax Exemption for Eligible Veterans: Specific information is available through the local County Assessor’s
Office.
Agent
Orange Program: The program administered
by the West Virginia Division of Health expired July 1, 1989. However, assistance is provided to Korean and
Vietnam veterans exposed to certain
chemicals, defoliants or herbicides
or other causative agents, including
Agent Orange from the US Department of Veterans Affairs, Medicine and Surgery.
State War
Orphans Education: Provides for a waiver
of tuition and registration fees in a state
supported college or university for children between the ages of sixteen and
twenty-three whose veteran
parent served in World War I, World War II, Korean Conflict, Vietnam Era or any time of conflict
as declared by Congress. Parent must
have died in such wartime period, or,
if subsequent to discharge, death must have been the result of disability incurred in such wartime service.
Free
Hunting and Fishing Privileges:
Available for 100% service-connected veterans
and those veterans in receipt of a WV auto grant.
Free
License – Automobile: Provides special vehicle license plates, DV Tags without fee to any veteran in receipt of an
auto grant or who is permanently and totally disabled
due to service-connected causes, and former POW Tag as certified by the US Department
of Veterans Affairs. Also recent
legislation provides for Purple Heart Tags
for those wounded in action and Pearl Harbor Survivors Tags for West Virginia veterans
who were at Pearl Harbor during the attack on
December 7, 1941. Veteran Plate for honorably discharged veterans
for a one time fee of $10.00 over and above the regular license fee required by Motor Vehicles.
State
Veterans Home (Domiciliary): Domiciliary care in Veterans Home is for ambulatory veterans who are able to go to the dining room
without help; can dress themselves; can make their own beds, and can
participate in an assigned therapeutic activity. A veteran may be charged for care if he is
able to pay.
Veterans
Preference: Under the West Virginia
Civil Service Exam System all veterans who
have served under honorable conditions in the armed forces of the United States during
World War II, Korea
Conflict, Vietnam Era or during hostile
conflict shall have five (5)
points added to a final passing score. An additional five (5) points are added
to a veteran’s score if in
receipt of the Purple Heart or has a compensable service-connected disability.
Veterans
Bonus: The West Virginia State
Legislature approved four separate bonus programs
for payment to veterans of World War I and World War II, Korean Conflict, the
Vietnam Era and veterans of conflicts in Lebanon,
Panama, Granada, and Desert Storm. The deadline
for making application for these bonus programs has expired as indicated: World War I and World War II – December 31, 1955; Korean Conflict – June 30, 1959; Vietnam Era – December 31, 1976; Lebanon, Panama, Granada and
Desert Storm – June 30, 1994.
Veterans
Re-Education Act Fund: The West Virginia
Legislature provides tuition assistance
to those veterans who need a new vocation due to dislocation or unemployment.
Veteran must have exhausted the G. I. Bill and be in need of tuition assistance.
Veterans
Affairs Medical
Center
200 Veterans Ave.
Beckley, WV 25801
Contact: Reception
Free
medical, vision, hearing, dental, and mental health services to veterans. Also has prescription
services and referral to other organizations available
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