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  2. These 10 States Have the Best Veteran Benefits: A ... - AOL

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    Washington also gives veterans preference for state jobs, with extra points on exams. Other benefits include a test waiver for a commercial driver’s license, discounted hunting/fishing licenses ...

  3. Veterans' Preference Act - Wikipedia

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    Towards the end of the Civil War, Congress passed the first significant veterans' preference legislation.This act provided that: Persons honorably discharged from the military or naval service by reason of disability resulting from wounds or sickness incurred in the line of duty shall be preferred for appointments to civil offices, provided they are found to possess the business capacity ...

  4. Veterans benefits for post-traumatic stress disorder in the ...

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    Disability ratings theoretically represent a veteran's "average impairment in earnings capacity", on a scale from 0 to 100. Veterans who file a disability claim due to PTSD almost always receive a compensation and pension examination by VA-employed or VA-contracted psychologists or psychiatrists. Social scientists and others have expressed ...

  5. Veterans' benefits - Wikipedia

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    The VA offers several education and career readiness programs including tuition assistance, vocational training, and career counseling. [6] The Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008 (commonly known as the "Post 9/11 GI Bill") provides full tuition and fees at four-year colleges or other qualified educational programs for Veterans who served on active duty for at least 3 years ...

  6. U.S. housing officials to scrap a rule that denies housing to ...

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    That compensation, based on the percentage of the veteran’s disability up to 100%, can raise a veteran’s income above the maximum allowed for housing restricted to low-income residents.

  7. Veteran's pension - Wikipedia

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    A veteran's pension or "wartime pension" is a pension for veterans of the United States Armed Forces, who served in the military but did not qualify for military retirement pay from the Armed Forces. It was established by the United States Congress and given to veterans who meet the eligibility requirements.

  8. County proposes low-income veterans' housing by Gravity Plane ...

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    A 30-unit, subsidized housing project with preference for U.S. veterans has been proposed next door to Gravity Plane Apartments in Waymart. The project, discussed before borough council on June 11 ...

  9. United States federal civil service - Wikipedia

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    Temporary appointment, based on prior temporary federal service Competitive 8,344 Allows agencies to noncompetitively reappoint former temporary employees (who have not already served the maximum time allowed) and noncompetitively appoint others eligible for certain career conditional appointments. Veterans recruitment appointment Excepted 7,733