- Five point veterans preference is granted to veterans who separated with an honorable
discharge (or under honorable conditions) from the Armed Forces after more than 180 days
of active duty, any part of which occurred after 31 January 1955, and before 15 October
1976, or after service during a war or in a campaign for which a campaign badge has been
authorized (including those who served on active duty during the Gulf War).
- Ten point veterans preference is granted to disabled veterans and veterans awarded the
Purple Heart.
- Non-disabled veterans who retire at or above the rank of major are not eligible for veterans preference.
When referral is made from external recruitment sources (such as certificates issued by a
Bureau Delegated Examining Unit , Office of Personnel Management certificates, Veterans
Readjustment Appointments or outside the register authority for temporary appointments)
candidates are ranked and referred in veterans preference order. Veterans preference
eligibles appear ahead of nonpreference eligibles on a referral list within the same score
and must be selected prior to nonpreference eligibles.
Veterans preference provides for hiring preference on initial appointment only. Employees
with veterans preference compete equally with all other candidates for subsequent
inservice placements. In addition to preference in hiring, employees with veterans
preference have higher retention standing than others for reduction-in-force purposes.
| REF: n 5 CFR Chapter 332; n 5 CFR Chapter 333; n 5 USC 2108; n 5 USC 3309; n OPM Policy Handbook, Veterans and the Civil Service |
