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CDL Skills Test Waived for Military Drivers

Vermont waives the CDL skills (road) test under 23 V.S.A. §4108 for veterans applying for a Vermont-issued Commercial Driver's Licence who have qualifying military commercial-vehicle experience. The DMV states the position in general terms — that veterans applying "may qualify for a skills test waiver" — WITHOUT PUBLISHING THE PRECISE EXPERIENCE OR TIMING REQUIREMENTS. Ask the DMV what it needs before assuming you are inside or outside it.

Verified August 27, 2026

What this benefit is

Vermont waives the CDL skills (road) test under 23 V.S.A. §4108 for veterans applying for a Vermont-issued Commercial Driver's Licence who have qualifying military commercial-vehicle experience. The DMV states the position in general terms — that veterans applying "may qualify for a skills test waiver" — WITHOUT PUBLISHING THE PRECISE EXPERIENCE OR TIMING REQUIREMENTS. Ask the DMV what it needs before assuming you are inside or outside it.

What it's worth: The CDL skills (road) test waived

  • Waives the CDL SKILLS (ROAD) TEST under 23 V.S.A. §4108.
  • For veterans applying for a VERMONT-ISSUED Commercial Driver's Licence.
  • THE PRECISE QUALIFYING MILITARY EXPERIENCE AND TIMING REQUIREMENTS ARE NOT PUBLISHED on the pages reviewed.
  • Most states set an experience period and a window after discharge; Vermont's are not stated, so do not assume another state's.
  • The knowledge tests and ordinary CDL fees are not addressed.

Who is entitled to it

  • You serve or served in the U.S. armed forces.
  • You drove heavy vehicles in service.
  • Vermont commercial licensing.

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

  1. 1Ask the DMV what experience and what timing it requires — those are not published.
  2. 2Gather your driving records and any commanding-officer certification while you still can.
  3. 3Do not assume a twelve-month window; Vermont has not stated one either way.
  4. 4Prepare for the knowledge tests, which are not covered by this waiver.
  5. 5Budget for the ordinary CDL fees.
Form
Enquiry and application to the Vermont DMV
File with
Vermont Department of Motor Vehicles
Documents you will need
dd214
No renewal
Once granted it does not need renewing.
Known gapVermont publishes that the waiver exists but not what qualifies for it. We have deliberately not filled that in from neighbouring states, because a window that is wrong by six months is worse than no window at all.

Sources

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