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Texas veteran benefits

Verified veteran benefits
38
plus 14 general-law and correction records
Counties covered
254
every one has its own page
Texas veterans
1.52M
US Department of Veterans Affairs VetPop2023 county model, as of 9/30/2025
Rating thresholds that matter
4
each one opens something different

How to use this, in four steps

You are on step 1. Nothing is locked — browse everything first, then check the ones that look relevant.

  1. See what you may be entitled to

    Browse every verified benefit in your state. No questions, no account — everything is open.

  2. Check whether you qualify

    Open any benefit and answer a few questions about that one. We stop as soon as we know.

    Go there

  3. Get the proof your appraisal district accepts

    The Comptroller prescribes the forms for all 254 districts. What varies is which VA document satisfies them.

    Go there

  4. File before the deadline

    April 30 is the deadline — and §11.439 gives you two ways past it. A missed year is usually recoverable.

    Go there

Which of these sounds like you?

Pick one and we will narrow the list. You can change or clear it at any point.

I applied and was turned down

The most common wrong denial in Texas is a percentage below 100 on a veteran holding IU. §11.131(b) names IU in terms.

Get help with this

Two things sharpen this a lot

Both optional. Your county decides where you file and what a property tax exemption is actually worth; your rating decides which thresholds you cross.

Where do you live?

We use this once to work out your county, because property tax is decided county by county. No benefit is ever matched on a ZIP code alone.

Your VA disability status

Your VA disability rating

Texas gates eligibility at 10%, 50%, 60% and the 100% rate. 50% and 60% each unlock things people assume need 100%, and 30% and 70% raise what the property exemption pays without opening anything new.

Do either of these apply?

Both can be true at once, and either can be true alongside any rating. Leave one alone if you are not sure — "not sure" keeps the benefit open rather than ruling it out.

What does my VA disability rating unlock in Texas?

Texas gates eligibility at four points — 10%, 50%, 60% and the 100% rate — and two of them (50% and 60%) unlock things veterans routinely assume need 100%. Two further percentages, 30% and 70%, do not open anything new but increase what the $5,000-to-$12,000 property exemption pays. The largest exemption of all does not turn on the percentage at all: it turns on whether you are paid at the 100% rate, which a determination of individual unemployability satisfies.

Any veteran, no rating neededHazlewood tuition, employment preference, the business exemption, free DD214 recording50 benefits10% or higherThe $5,000 to $12,000 property exemption opens here, on any one property you own1 benefit50% or higherDisabled Veteran plate — which brings free tolls and free metered parking with it2 benefits60% or higherFree driver licence, and free state park entry for you and a companion2 benefits100%, or paid at the 100% rate through IUTotal exemption of your home from every taxing unit. The statute names IU in terms1 benefit
Eligibility in Texas opens at 10%, 50%, 60% and at the 100% rate. Separately, the $5,000-to-$12,000 property exemption pays a larger amount as you cross 30% and 70% without opening anything new. And the largest exemption of all does not read the percentage at all — it reads whether you are paid at the 100% rate, which an individual unemployability determination satisfies.

56 benefits worth checking

What you appear to qualify for — worth checking.

One question checks 38 of them. You can skip it and keep browsing.

Did you serve in the U.S. armed forces?

2 more questions could resolve others. We ask them one at a time.

Are veteran benefits different in each Texas county?

Every statewide benefit applies in all 254 counties, and the Comptroller prescribes the same exemption forms everywhere — so Texas has less county-to-county variation than states where each county writes its own rules. What does change is what an exemption is worth: county tax rates run from about $0.15 to over $1.00 per $100, and once your school district is added the combined rate ranges from roughly $0.90 to $2.35. The same $12,000 exemption is worth two and a half times as much in one county as another.

Every benefit here was checked against the statute or rule behind it, and each page shows the date. This is an informational match, not a government eligibility determination — the responsible agency decides your application.