Preference at Every Stage — Including Promotion
Five percentage points for a veteran, ten for a disabled veteran — at EVERY stage of a civil service hiring, at unscored interviews through mandatory special consideration, and at promotion too.
Verified August 20, 2026
What this benefit is
Five percentage points for a veteran, ten for a disabled veteran — at EVERY stage of a civil service hiring, at unscored interviews through mandatory special consideration, and at promotion too.
What it's worth: 5 percentage points (10 disabled) on scored stages; mandatory special consideration on unscored ones
- The disabled-veteran tier needs only A rating — any percentage — or a disability discharge, or a Purple Heart.
Who is entitled to it
- Your service and discharge meet the veteran definition.
- Your home is in this state.
Not sure whether that describes you?
Answer a few questions about this benefit specifically — we only ask what this one actually depends on, and we stop as soon as we know.
How to claim it
- 1Claim the preference with every application AND every promotion — Oregon applies it at each stage of the process, which almost no other state does.
- 2At unscored stages and interviews the employer must devise a method of special consideration — ask what theirs is; the obligation is statutory.
- 3If you are passed over, request the written reasons — the statute obliges the employer to provide them.
- File with
- The public employer, at each application and promotion
- Documents you will need
- dd214 · va benefit summary letter
- No renewal
- Once granted it does not need renewing.
Sources
- authority · statuteORS 408.230
- operating · statuteORS 408.225 (definitions)
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