Ohio

Enhanced Homestead Exemption: $50,000 reduction in true value (vs. standard $25,000) on the primary residence. Transfers to the surviving spouse (age and other rules apply).

Ohio does not tax VA disability compensation, and military retirement pay for service in the uniformed services, the reserves, or the Ohio National Guard is fully exempt from Ohio income tax. (Local school-district income taxes may still apply.)

Ohio issues up to two free Disabled Veteran or military license plates to veterans rated 100% service-connected, waiving the registration fees and taxes (personalized specialty plates are excluded).

Ohio adds 20% to a veteran's passing score on state civil service exams (15% for current reserve members after initial training), and a 10-point derived preference for eligible spouses, surviving spouses, or mothers of veterans.

Under 38 USC 3679(c) (originally Section 702 of the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act), every public college that accepts Post-9/11 GI Bill or Montgomery GI Bill students must charge in state tuition to covered students using their GI Bill, regardless of state residency. The old requirement to enroll within 3 years of separation was removed by the Isakson and Roe Act effective August 1, 2021, so there is no longer a time limit after discharge. State specific extensions to this rule are noted below where applicable. Ohio extends in state tuition to active duty military stationed in Ohio and to honorably discharged veterans.

The Ohio War Orphans & Severely Disabled Veterans' Children Scholarship pays a large share of tuition and general fees at Ohio public colleges (about 79% in recent years) and a fixed annual amount at eligible private schools (about $6,600) for Ohio residents at least 16 and under 25 who enroll full-time in undergraduate study and whose veteran parent was killed in combat or severely disabled from wartime service.

Free hunting and fishing licenses for qualifying resident veterans.

Ohio state parks are free to enter for everyone. Ohio-resident veterans with a permanent and total service-connected disability and Ohio-resident former POWs camp free (apply through the reservation system with a VA benefit summary), and other veterans and active-duty members get a percentage discount on one campsite or lodging unit per visit, recently expanded by state law.

Ohio gives free campsite camping at state parks to former POWs and veterans rated 100% permanently and totally disabled, and a free five-year hunting and fishing license to eligible veterans.

Eligible Ohio veterans may be buried at no cost to the family in the VA national cemeteries in Ohio (Ohio Western Reserve in Seville and Dayton National Cemetery) - gravesite, opening and closing, perpetual care, government headstone or marker, and burial flag provided. The Ohio Veterans Home Cemetery in Sandusky serves residents of the Ohio Veterans Homes.