Federal & State Programs
The following are benefits and services that veterans and dependents may be entitled to through federal and state programs.
Federal Benefits from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
- Disability compensation (service connected disabilities)
- Non-service pension (veterans)
- Education benefits
- Vocational rehabilitation (service connected disabled veterans)
- VA home loans
- Death benefits
- Headstone / Grave Marker / Medallion
- Burial flags
- Bronze star grave marker
- Burial
- Medical care at VA hospitals / clinics
- Agent Orange benefits (veterans/spouses/dependents)
- Survivor benefits
- Widows pension
- DIC (service connected death)
- CHAMPVA health benefit
- Women veterans programs
State Benefits from the Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs
- Temporary financial assistance (short term disability)
- Dental and optical assistance (veterans / spouses / widows)
- State veterans homes (nursing home and domiciliary care)
- Veterans and war orphans education benefits
- Veterans preference advocacy
- State veterans cemetery (Little Falls, MN) (Preston, MN) (Duluth, MN)
- Property tax exclusion (for 70% or greater service connected disabled veterans)
Other Services & Benefits
- Discharge upgrades
- Assistance requesting military records
- Employment and re-employment rights
- Assistance obtaining Veterans ID Card (VIC)