Human Services Department

Veteran Services

Main Office:
Charlotte County Cultural Center
2280 Aaron Street, Port Charlotte, FL 33952
941.625.4422

West County Annex:
6868 San Casa Drive, Unit #12, Englewood, FL 34224
941.475.3752

South County:
512 East Grace Street, Punta Gorda, FL 33950
941.625.4422 Call for an appointment

Combat Duty Grant - Property Tax Relief - VA Benefit Claims

What We Can Do For You!

  • Veteran Claims Assistance
  • Health Care Benefits
  • Order: DD Form 214
  • Order: Awards & Decorations
  • Order: Service Records
  • Order: Medical & Dental Records
  • Service Connected Disabilities
  • Special Compensation-Severely Disabled
  • Non-Service Connected Pensions
  • Aid and Attendance/VA Nursing Home
  • Dependency & Indemnity Compensation
  • Burial Benefits/Headstones & Markers
  • Military Funerals
  • National Cemeteries
  • Tri-Care/CHAMPVA
  • Education Benefits
  • Life Insurance Programs
  • Beneficiary Information
  • VA Home Loans
  • Board of Corrections to Military Records
  • Identification Cards
  • Exemption of HOMESTEAD
  • 100% Disabled Hunting & Fishing License
  • 100% Disabled Motor Vehicle License Plates

Combat Duty Grant

The first year of the grant entitlement shall be for the 2007 ad valorem tax year.  Qualified Military Personnel (QMP) shall be entitled to grants, not to exceed the lesser of $1,500.00 per calendar year or the QMP’s ad valorem County property tax contribution, where the QMP has served in active military duty in Iraq or Afghanistan for a total of 45 days or more, or who has been medically evacuated from Iraq or Afghanistan due combat-related physical injury, regardless of the number of days in Iraq or Afghanistan. Also entitled to the grant is the un-remarried spouse of personnel who have been killed in combat in Iraq or Afghanistan, regardless of the number of days served in Iraq or Afghanistan by the deceased.  The QMP as defined herein, including the un-remarried spouse of personnel who have been killed in combat in Iraq or Afghanistan, regardless of the number of days served in Iraq or Afghanistan by the deceased, shall be entitled to a grant equivalent in the full amount of the lesser of $1,500.00 per calendar year or the QMP’s ad valorem property taxes paid.  Active Military Combat Duty Grant (AMCDG) Program Application.

Property Tax Relief Program

Any real estate used and owned as a homestead by a veteran who was honorably discharged with a service-connected 100% permanent and total disability and for whom a letter from the United States Government or VA or its predecessor has been issued certifying that the veteran is totally and permanently disabled is exempt from taxation, provided the veteran is a permanent resident of the state on January 1 of the tax year for which exemption is being claimed or on January 1 of the year the veteran died.

Eligible veterans with service-connected disabilities of 10% or more shall be entitled to a $5000 property tax exemption. To qualify for homestead exemption a veteran must be a bonafide resident of the state. FS 196.24

VA Benefit Claims

Compensation & Pension Service administers a variety of benefits and services for veterans, their dependents and survivors, including, but not limited to: service-connected compensation, Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC), non-service connected pension, burial & accrued benefits, guardianship and public contact services.