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Pennsylvania veteran benefits, verified against official sources

Data current as of July 2026. Every benefit links to the official page it was verified against, with the date we checked it.

Pennsylvania has 4 state-level veteran benefits in our data — each verified against the official Pennsylvania source on the date shown. Below them: the federal benefits that apply no matter where you live. This page is generated from the same dataset that powers our free Benefits Finder, which matches all of it against your own rating and status in about three minutes.

Money & Taxes

Pennsylvania Disabled Veterans Real Estate Tax Exemption

Pennsylvania wartime veterans with a 100% permanent service-connected disability (or blindness, paralysis, or loss of two or more limbs) can get their home real estate tax fully exempted, subject to a financial-need test.

Who it's for: Veterans and military retirees with a VA disability rating of 100% rated permanent & total (P&T) with wartime service who live in Pennsylvania.

What it's worth: Full exemption from real estate tax on the principal dwelling, subject to financial need

Before you count on it:

  • The exemption is subject to a financial-need test — income above the state threshold may reduce or remove it

Source: 43 Pa. Code, Disabled Veterans' Real Estate Tax Exemption Program · verified 2026-07-08

Education

Pennsylvania Educational Gratuity Program

The child (age 16-23) of an honorably discharged, 100% permanently and totally disabled Pennsylvania wartime veteran can get up to $4,000 total ($500/term for 8 terms) toward higher education, subject to financial need.

Who it's for: Veterans and military retirees with a VA disability rating of 100% rated permanent & total (P&T) with wartime service with dependents who live in Pennsylvania.

What it's worth: Up to $4,000 total ($500 per term for 8 terms)

Before you count on it:

  • The child applicant must be age 16-23
  • The program is subject to a financial-need determination

Source: Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs · verified 2026-07-08

Employment

Recreation & Access

Pennsylvania Disabled Veteran (DV) Hunting License

Pennsylvania resident veterans with a wartime service-connected disability get a free hunting license at 100% (or loss/loss of use of a limb), or a $2.97 reduced-fee license at a 60-99% rating.

Who it's for: Veterans and military retirees with a VA disability rating of at least 60% with wartime service who live in Pennsylvania.

What it's worth: Free at 100%; $2.97 at 60-99%

Source: Pennsylvania Game Commission · verified 2026-07-08

Federal benefits — these apply in every state

Match all of this against your own profile — rating, status, dependents — with the free Benefits Finder. No account, and nothing you enter is stored.

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A match from the tool is not an approval, so check each one against its official source; Lesson 4 shows how.

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State coverage today: 10 states (CA, FL, GA, NC, NY, OH, PA, TX, VA, WA). Yours missing? The federal benefits above apply everywhere, and more states are being added.

Programs change. Confirm eligibility and amounts with the administering agency before you count on them.

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