Claim the preference when you apply through the Kansas Career Portal and attach your discharge paperwork. If you are claiming for the first time you can instead mail a complete, legible copy of your DD214 to the Office of Personnel Services, 900 SW Jackson, Room 401-N, Landon State Office Building, Topeka, KS 66612-1251.

• You are applying for a Kansas state government job
• You received an honorable discharge, or you are the spouse of a veteran with a 100 percent service-connected disability or who the VA determines is 100 percent unemployable, the unremarried surviving spouse of a service member who died while serving or as a result of service, or the spouse of a prisoner of war
• If you entered the U.S. Armed Forces before October 15, 1976, you served during a war between April 6, 1917 and July 2, 1921 or between December 7, 1941 and April 28, 1952, served between April 28, 1952 and July 1, 1955, served in a campaign or expedition for which a campaign or service medal was authorized, or served more than 180 days since January 31, 1955 but before October 15, 1976 other than on active duty for training
• If you entered the U.S. Armed Forces on or after October 15, 1976, you served in a campaign or expedition for which a campaign or service medal was authorized, separated with a service-connected disability rating from the VA, received a Purple Heart, were released from active duty because of a service-connected disability, or voluntarily retired from active duty in pay grade O3 or below