Applications for Chapter 115 Public Assistance
benefits can be filed with the local Veterans
Agent.
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Veterans Benefits Application
Veterans
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Examples of documents needed for application
(speak to the Veterans’ Agent for
a full list of documents required)
Veterans
- DD214 or other discharge certificate
- Income verification (pay stubs, award
letters or other documents showing monthly
income)
- Shelter verification (rent receipt
or mortgage payment)
To Establish Relationship as a
Veteran's Dependent
- Marriage certificate (for spouse or
widow/widower of a veteran)
- Birth certificate or adoption record
with name of eligible veteran as parent
(for child of a veteran)
- Death certificate (for widow/widower
of a veteran, child of deceased veteran)
- Birth certificate of veteran with name
of parent (for parent of a veteran)
- Public record or statements from the
veteran or other knowledgeable people,
showing that the applicant stood in place
of a parent to the veteran for five years
immediately preceding the veteran's wartime
service (for person in place of a parent
to a veteran)
