would be entitled to the 5 promotional points. Surviving spouse of a deceased Surviving spouse of a veteran Copy of the Marriage Certificate veteran who had a service- who had a service-connected 5 Copy 4” of the “Member disability rated at disability at time of death. veteran’s DD214 least 50% at time of death Spouse cannot have re-married. Summary of Benefits Letter from The surviving spouse of a USDVA verifying a service- disabled veteran must be connected disability of at least applying for a first promotion 50% and a compensation amount after securing public Award Letter or Statement of the employment and obtain a Case from USDVA verifying a passing rating on the connected disability examination. In order to related to the position determine if his/her disabled requirements spouse would have been unable Death Certificate or other proof to qualify because of the disability, there is no clear test of death. to point to but some analysis by the County is required. To help with this analysis, a County will want to request documentation about the disabled veteran, such as an Award letter from the USDVA, to verify what the disability was in order to determine how it would have related to the position requirements. In the event the disabled veteran had, for example, a 100% disability rating, that typically denotes an individual who is not employable. Then the surviving spouse who obtained a passing rating on the examination would be entitled to the 5 promotional points.
would be entitled to the 5 promotional points. Surviving spouse of a deceased veteran who had a disability rated at least 50% at time of death Surviving spouse of a veteran who had a service-connected disability at time of death. Spouse cannot have re-married. The surviving spouse of a disabled veteran must be applying for a first promotion after securing public employment and obtain a passing rating on the examination. In order to determine if his/her disabled spouse would have been unable to qualify because of the disability, there is no clear test to point to but some analysis by the County is required. To help with this analysis, a County will want to request documentation about the disabled veteran, such as an Award letter from the USDVA, to verify what the disability was in order to determine how it would have related to the position requirements. In the event the disabled veteran had, for example, a 100% disability rating, that typically denotes an individual who is not employable. Then the surviving spouse who obtained a passing rating on the examination would be entitled to the 5 promotional points. Copy of the Marriage Certificate “Member Copy 4” of the veteran’s DD214 Summary of Benefits Letter from USDVA verifying a service- connected disability of at least 50% and a compensation amount Award Letter or Statement of the Case from USDVA verifying a service- connected disability related to the position requirements Death Certificate or other proof of death. 5
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