SOUTH CAROLINA

Housing Benefits

• Specially Adapted Housing
• State Veterans Nursing Homes

Financial Assistance Benefits

• South Carolina Military Family Relief Fund
• Admissions Tax Exemptions
• Income Tax Exemption on Military Retirement Pay
• Property Taxes – Homestead Exemption
• Property Tax Exemption
• Tax Exemption for Compensation, Pension, Disability Retirement Pay and VA Payments
• Parking Fee Exemption
• Active Duty Pay Relevant to SC Department of Revenue and Taxation

Employment Benefits

• Veterans Preference
• Veterans Re-Employment Rights

Education Benefits

• Education Assistance

Other State Benefits

• Credit of State Retirement for Military Service
• Free Hunting and Fishing Licenses
• State Parks Totally Disabled Persons
• Special License Plates
• Presentation of the State Flag to Families of Deceased Members of the South Carolina National Guard
• Recording of Discharges
• Marriage, Birth, Death, and Divorce Verifications

South Carolina State Office of Veterans Affairs

1205 Pendleton Street, Suite 369

Columbia, South Carolina 29201

Phone (803) 734-0200

http://www.govoepp.state.sc.us/va

Director: Howard Metcalf

Phone: 803-734-0200

Email: hmetcalf@oepp.sc.gov

National Guard TAA: Randall Moon

Phone: 803-299-1555

Email: randall.w.moon.ctr@mail.mil