D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 6, r. 6-B214
A veteran who claims and qualifies for a veterans' preference and meets the qualifications of the position shall be awarded either a five (5)-point or ten (10)-point hiring preference. Points awarded shall vary based on the type of veterans' preference claimed.
A veteran is eligible to claim a five (5)-point preference when he or she has:
A person who was separated with other than an honorable or general discharge may be entitled to the preference if they can show, to the satisfaction of the personnel authority, that the discharge was the result of discrimination. A veteran asserting his or her discharge was because of discrimination shall submit a claim and supporting evidence to the personnel authority. The decision of the personnel authority shall be final.
Any employee of the District who was entitled to veterans' preference under federal law on January 1, 1979, and who has served in the federal government continuously since that date without a break in service of three (3) days or more, shall be entitled to the same preference for the duration of their service with the District.
An eligible veteran who has a service-connected disability or is receiving compensation, disability retirement benefits, or a pension because of a public law administered by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs or a military department, may claim five (5) more points in addition to the points he or she receives pursuant to § 214.2(a)-(c) for a total often (10) points, subject to the five (5) year limit established at § 214.2(d). However, the five (5) year limit shall not apply to veterans who are classified by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs as suffering a medical impairment of 30 (thirty) percent or more.
The spouse or domestic partner of a disabled veteran may claim a ten (10)-point hiring preference when the veteran is not fit to hold a District government position within the veteran's primary occupation because of a service-connected disability but would otherwise be eligible for veterans' preference.
A spouse or former domestic partner of a service member who dies while on active duty may be eligible to claim a ten (10)-point hiring preference. To be eligible, the applicant must not have remarried or entered into a new domestic partnership following the death of the service member. In addition, to be eligible, the former service member's death must have occurred under circumstances that would not have been cause for separation with other than an honorable or general discharge.
There is no time limit for an eligible spouse or domestic partner to claim a veterans' preference.
Retirees of the armed forces shall not be eligible to receive the preference.
Veterans shall be required to furnish one or more of the following documents upon request to receive veterans' preference points:
D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 6, r. 6-B214