Life insurance and burial benefits for New Hampshire veterans

Military life insurance is federal, so the options are the same in every state: convert SGLI to VGLI after separation, apply for VALife if you have a service-connected rating, or buy private coverage. Healthy veterans often compare VGLI against private term life, since VGLI rates rise every five years.

State veterans cemeteries

• New Hampshire State Veterans Cemetery — Boscawen

Burial in a VA national cemetery, a government headstone or marker, and a burial flag are available to eligible veterans at no cost; see VA burial benefits for current allowances. Source: VA National Cemetery Administration — Find a Cemetery: New Hampshire

Veterans with a total and permanent service-connected disability, double amputees or paraplegics from service-connected injury, and their surviving spouses receive a standard $700 yearly credit on property taxes for their home, and a city or town may adopt an optional credit of up to $5,000; apply to the local assessors or selectmen. Source: RSA 72:35 — Tax Credit for Service-Connected Total Disability

Eligible wartime veterans and surviving spouses receive a standard $50 veterans' property tax credit, and cities and towns may adopt an optional credit of up to $750 (rising to up to $1,000 on April 1, 2027). Source: RSA 72:28 — Standard and Optional Veterans' Tax Credit

A 100% permanently and totally disabled veteran (or one who is a double amputee, paraplegic, or blind from service connection) whose home was specially adapted through a VA SAH or SHA grant is exempt from all property tax on that homestead. Source: RSA 72:36-a — Certain Disabled Veterans

For help applying, contact the New Hampshire Department of Military Affairs and Veterans Services.