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Your New Jersey Veterans
Benefits
Compiled by Veterans Benefits Bureau
Education Benefits/ POW/MIA/War Orphans POW/MIAs program is available
to any dependent of a prisoner
of war or missing in action that For further information contact
your school official in charge of
veteran’s affairs or by calling New Veterans Preference for Civil
Service and Pension Purposes War period veterans who pass
state civil service examinations are
given absolute preference over
non-veterans when applying for
state, county and municipal employment.
Absolute preference is
not extended to promotions, but if
a veteran ranks highest on a promotional To claim veteran’s preference, file the claim form with a copy of your separation papers (DD Form 214.) Mail the form to the NJ Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, Veterans Benefits Bureau, PO Box 340, Trenton, NJ 08625-0340. You must obtain a veteran preference from the NJ Department of Military and Veterans Affairs BEFORE CLOSE DATE for a job or a test. For information call Veterans Benefits Bureau at 609-530-6958, 609-530-6954, or 1-800-624-0508 or visit any state Veterans Service office. Veterans Property Tax
Deduction/Exemption Documentation will include the property deed and discharge (DD-214) for the veteran. Widows will need to re-submit the property deed, marriage certificate, death certificate and discharge (DD-214). Eligibility criteria requires service
during a specified wartime
period, honorable discharge and Catastrophic Entitlements Transportation Program For more information, contact your county State Veterans Service Officer. PTSD Counseling Veterans participating in this
program will receive peer support,
clinical assessments and case
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