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A. Documentation of Service and Separation.

Any official document or statement from the Armed Forces showing separation, discharge or release from Service; honorable or dishonorable conditions or (General Discharge). Note: Such documents include, but are not limited to:

  • DD-214, ·certificate of Release or Discharge from Duty”
  • Retirement or separation orders
  • SF-72 Documents showing discharge from any of the reserve corps of the Armed Forces or National Guard, or Coast Guard forces.
  • Certification: any written document from the armed forces that certifies the service member is expected to be discharged or released from the service in the armed forces not later than 120 days after the date the certification is signed.
  • Official statement from military personnel records center

B. Documentation of Non-Compensable Service-Connected Disability; Purple Heart, and Nonservice-Connected Disability Pension. Such documents include, but are not limited to:

  • An official statement, dated 1991 or later, from the Department of Veterans Affairs or from a branch of the Armed Forces, certifying to the present existence of the veteran’s service-connected disability.
  • An official citation, document, or discharge certificate, issued by a branch of the Armed Forces, showing the award to the veteran of the Purple Heart.
  • An official statement, dated 1991 or later, from the Department of Veterans Affairs, certifying that the veteran is receiving a nonservice connected disability pension.

C. Documentation of Compensable Service-Connected Disability. Such documents include, but are not limited to:

  • An official document, dated 1991 or later, from the Department of Veterans Affairs, or from a branch of the Armed Forces, certifying that the veteran has a service-connected disability.
  • An official document or retired orders from a branch of the Armed Forces, showing that the veteran was retired due to a service connected disability or has been transferred to a Disability Retirement List with a service-connected disability.

For spouses and mothers of disabled veterans who check item 7, 8 or 9, submit the following:

An official statement, dated 1991 or later, from the Department of Veterans Affairs, or from a branch of the Armed Forces, certifying:

  • the present existence of the veteran’s disability;
  • the percentage and nature of the disability or disabilities (including the combined percentage); and
  • a notation as to whether or not the service-connected disability is rated as permanent and total.

D. Documentation of Veteran’s Death

  • If death occurred while not on active military duty, submit certified copy of death certificate.
  • When a veteran dies on active duty, the family does not receive a DD Form 214; the family receives a DD Form 1300, Report of Casually, on which there is no place to record the character of service. Thus, when a veteran die on active duty, his or her service should be presumed to be under honorable conditions unless the military service specifically indicates otherwise.

E. Documentation of Service or Death During a War, in a Campaign or Expedition for which a Campaign Badge is Authorized, or During the Period Authorized, or During the Period of April 28, 1952 through July 1, 1955.

Submit documentation of service or death during a war or during the period April 28, 1952, through July 1, 1955, or during a campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge is authorized.

F. Documentation of Deceased or Disabled Veteran’s Mother’s/Father’s Claim for Preference because of their child’s Total and Permanent Disability.

Submit a statement from physician showing the prognosis of his disease and percentage of his disability.

G. Documentation of Annulment of Remarriage by Widow or Widower of Veteran or Domestic Partnerships.

Submit either:

  • Certification from the Department of Veterans Affairs that entitlement to pension or compensation was restored due to annulment; or
  • A certified copy of the court decree of annulment.
  • Not Limited to the following; Partnership Affidavit, Tax Returns, Civil Union Documentation, State/Federal forms, Insurance Document

H. Documentation of Veterans Inability to Work because of Disability I. Documentation of Residency

  • Drivers License or State ID with current address
  • Utility Bills showing service address