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State veteran benefits move all year: legislatures pass new exemptions, agencies change dollar figures, forms get replaced. We recheck every state on a rolling cycle, and this page is the dated log of every substantive update to our state pages, newest first, each with its official source. Corrections to our own pages are listed too; we would rather show our work than pretend the site was always right.

Found something we missed or got wrong? Email jeff@ratednowwhat.com and we will check it against the primary source.

August 2026

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