For reporting purposes, individuals who served on active duty less than or equal to 180 days are reported separately from those who served more than 180 days. Veteran status is recorded at the time of application:

• Veteran is an individual who served at least one day in the active U.S. military, naval, or air service and who was discharged or released from such service under conditions other than dishonorable, which may include National Guard or Reserve personnel.
• Campaign-Related Veteran is a veteran as identified above, who served on active duty in the U.S. armed forces during a war or in a campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge or expeditionary medal has been authorized.
• Disabled Veteran is a veteran, as defined above, who is:
  • Entitled to compensation, regardless of rate (including those rated 0%) for a disability under laws administered by the Department of Veterans' Affairs (DVA); or
  • Discharged or released from active duty because of a service-connected disability.
  • See also “Special Disabled Veteran” as defined above.
• Recently Separated Veteran is a veteran, as defined above, who applies for participation under Title I of WIOA within 36 months of discharge or release from active military, naval, or air service.
• NOTE: The term 'active' means full-time duty in the Armed Forces, including the Coast Guard, but excluding duty for training in the reserves or National Guard.
• Eligible Spouse is the spouse of one of the following:
  • Any veteran who died of a service-connected disability;
  • Any member of the Armed Forces serving on active duty who, at the time of application for the priority, is listed in one or more of the following categories and has been so listed for a total of more than 90 days:
    • Missing in action;
    • Captured in line of duty by a hostile force; or
    • Forcibly detained or interned in line of duty by a foreign government or power;
    • Any veteran who has a total disability resulting from a service-connected disability, as evaluated by the Department of Veterans Affairs; or
  • Any veteran who died while a disability was in existence. A spouse whose eligibility is derived from a living veteran or service member (i.e., categories b. or c. above) would lose his or her eligibility if the veteran or service member were to lose the status that is the basis for the eligibility (e.g. if a veteran with a total service- connected disability were to receive a revised disability rating at a lower level). Similarly, for a spouse whose eligibility is derived from a living veteran or service member, that eligibility would be lost upon divorce from the veteran or service member.

With respect to any qualified job training program, veterans and eligible spouses shall be given priority over non-covered persons for the receipt of employment, training, and placement services provided under a federally funded employment program.

Under the State Vocational Rehabilitation Services Program, the Secretary provides grants to assist States in operating statewide comprehensive, coordinated, effective, efficient, and accountable vocational rehabilitation programs, each of which is an integral part of a statewide workforce development system. They are designed to assess, plan, develop, and provide vocational rehabilitation services for individuals with disabilities, consistent with their unique strengths, resources, priorities, concerns, abilities, capabilities, interests, and informed choice, so that they may prepare for and engage in competitive integrated employment and achieve economic self-sufficiency.