You can take $6,000 of value off the property tax assessment on your Maine home if you are 62 or older and served during a recognized wartime period or hold the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, or if the VA rates you 100 percent disabled or pays you at the 100 percent rate for individual unemployability.
Notify your local municipal tax assessor in writing and give them the proof of eligibility. Apply through the municipality where the property is, not the state. You only have to do this once, with your first application.
Your DD214 or other discharge paperwork showing a discharge other than dishonorable, proof of age or your VA rating documentation, and proof that you own the property.
