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6/10/20261 min read
DID YOU KNOW that certain disabled Veterans and surviving spouses may be eligible for a Maryland Property Tax exemption.
The following individuals may be eligible to apply:
Veterans whom the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has determined to be 100% service-connected and permanently and totally disabled.
Certain active-duty service members who have been determined to be 100% disabled as a result of a service-connected injury or illness.
Certain surviving spouses of eligible disabled veterans who have not remarried.
Surviving spouses of military service members who were killed in the line of duty and who have not remarried.
The exemption generally applies to the veteran's or surviving spouse's principal residence, including the dwelling and the surrounding land associated with the home.
To learn more about eligibility, call your local Maryland assessment office.
HAMILL V. COLLINS , 166 F.4th 1030 (Fed. Cir. 2026)
The Federal Circuit held that a claim cannot be implicitly denied under the Appeals Modernization Act (AMA), as implicit denials are contrary to the 38 U.S.C. § 5104(b) requirement that VA decisions include "...[i]dentification of the issues adjudicated." The Federal Circuit held that a veteran has an appealable decision for a particular issue only if the decision gives explicit notice that the issue is being adjudicated and how it is being decided.
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