You get an advantage when you apply for a new Wyoming state job. Where a numerical scoring system is used, veterans and surviving spouses receive a 5 percent advantage and disabled veterans receive 10 percent. Where no numerical scoring is used, you must be given an advantage over non-veteran candidates that reasonably equals the numerical preference.
Claim the preference when you apply through the state hiring process, and attach your discharge and disability documentation to the application. Ask the hiring agency human resources office how it records the preference.
Your DD214 showing an honorable discharge, a VA rating letter if you are claiming the 10 percent disabled veteran advantage, and proof you have lived in Wyoming for the past year. A surviving spouse needs a marriage certificate, the veteran death certificate, and proof of receiving federal survivor benefits.
