State Benefits
State Benefits for Eligible Veterans, Dependents, and/or Survivors
VETERANS PREFERENCE IN STATE EMPLOYMENT
For any person who has been honorably discharged from the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps, who served in the Armed Forces of the United States during the period of a war, the Korean Conflict, the Vietnam Conflict, the Lebanon, Grenada, Panama Expedition, or Desert Storm, five (5) points shall be added to the earned ratings in Examinations to veterans who received the “Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal.”
If such veteran is disabled as a result of such military service, such veteran shall have ten (10) points added to such veteran’s rating.
The spouse or surviving spouse of any 100 percent, service connected, disabled veteran whose disability resulted from such military service, or the surviving spouse of any veteran who died in the line of duty shall have ten (10) points added to such person’s rating, if the surviving spouse has not remarried since the death of the veteran.
The spouse or surviving spouse of any permanently and totally disabled veteran, whose disability resulted from military service, or died in the line of duty, during a period of war, shall have five (5) points added to such spouse or surviving spouse, if the surviving spouse has not remarried since the death of the veteran.
TCA 8-30-306– http://www.tn.gov/dohr/employees/policies/pdf/11-008.pdf
