Virginia adds percentage points to your passing score when a state job uses a scored test. Honorably discharged veterans with 180 days of active duty get 5 percent. Veterans with a VA service-connected disability rating get 10 percent. Currently serving National Guard members who have completed initial active duty training get 5 percent. Surviving spouses and children under age 27 of a service member killed in the line of duty get 5 percent. Where a job does not use a scored metric, the hiring authority has to provide an equivalent veterans preference some other way.
Claim the preference when you apply for the state position and attach your supporting documents, following Virginia DHRM Policy 2.10 on hiring.
Your DD214, plus your VA disability rating letter, proof of current Guard service, or casualty documentation and proof of relationship, depending on which preference you claim.
