Standard Form 15 (SF-15): Application for 10-Point Veteran Preference
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Standard Form 15 (SF-15) is the Office of Personnel Management application veterans and certain family members use to claim 10-point veterans' preference in federal hiring. It covers disabled veterans, Purple Heart recipients, and certain spouses, widows or widowers, and mothers of veterans. You attach the completed SF-15 and the documents it lists — such as a DD-214 and VA disability letter — to your federal job application. With JustFill you upload the blank SF-15 PDF (Revised October 2013, the only edition OPM accepts), the AI auto-detects every field, you type or dictate your details, and the first clean completed PDF download is included at no charge.
Applying for a federal job with a service-connected disability, or as an eligible family member of a veteran? SF-15 is how you document a 10-point veterans' preference claim so the hiring agency can verify it. JustFill turns the official OPM PDF into a fillable form in your browser — no printing just to fill in your service details. You check one of the five claim blocks — Items 5 to 9: non-compensable disability, Purple Heart or VA disability pension; compensable disability of 10% or more; spouse; widow or widower; mother (OPM files these as the XP, CP and CPS categories) — list the veteran's periods of service, answer the eligibility questions for family-member claims, then attach the proof the back of the form lists — typically the DD-214 or other discharge documentation plus an official letter from the VA or a branch of service, dated 1991 or later, confirming the service-connected disability. Without the documentation, agencies cannot grant the preference.
OPM publishes SF-15 only as a free fillable PDF — "Application for 10-Point Veteran's Preference", Revised October 2013, 2 pages, about 1.2 MB — at opm.gov/forms/pdf_fill/sf15.pdf. It is the only edition agencies accept ("All other previous editions are unusable"), and no expiration date is printed on it. The PDF has Print, Save and Clear buttons; if the fields refuse to type in your browser's viewer or you only have a scanned copy, upload it to JustFill: the AI detects each field, you type or dictate your details, and the first clean completed PDF download is included at no charge. Send photocopies of your DD-214 and VA letter with it — agencies do not return them.
Get the official SF-15 PDF from U.S. Office of Personnel ManagementWhat each section of SF-15 asks for. JustFill’s AI will detect these fields automatically when you upload the PDF — review the breakdown below so you know what to enter.
Item 1, your name, and Item 2, your home address. The October 2013 form has no field for a vacancy announcement or agency — you attach the same SF-15 to each application.
Item 3, the veteran's name exactly as it appears on service records, and Item 4, each period of service: branch, date entered active duty, and date separated or released (if applicable). There is no field for a service or file number.
One of five blocks: Item 5 non-compensable service-connected disability, Purple Heart, or VA disability pension; Item 6 compensable disability of 10% or more or military disability retirement; Item 7 spouse of a living veteran unable to work because of a service-connected disability; Item 8 widow or widower; Item 9 mother of a deceased or permanently and totally disabled veteran. Each block names the documentation letters (A–H) it requires.
Questions that establish derived preference for spouses, widows or widowers, and mothers.
The form spells out exactly which proof each claim type needs, such as a DD-214 and a VA disability letter.
Seven questions used only for spouse and mother claims based on the veteran's inability to work: whether the veteran is working now, their occupation before service and at separation, any federal or D.C. government employment, any resignation, disqualification or separation because of the disability, and any civil service annuity number. The October 2013 SF-15 has no signature or date block; you certify your claim through the job application itself.
An Army veteran with a 20% service-connected VA rating applies for a GS-7 federal job and claims 10-point compensable preference (OPM category CP). She attaches the SF-15 to her application with photocopies of her DD-214 and VA rating letter.
Achterberg, Rosalind Mae
58 Kestrel Bend Court, Sierra Vista, AZ 85635
The October 2013 form has no field for the vacancy announcement or agency; you attach the same SF-15 to each application.
Achterberg, Rosalind Mae
She is the veteran, so Items 1 and 3 match; a spouse, widow or mother would enter the veteran's name here.
U.S. Army — entered active duty 03/12/2009 — separated 07/30/2016
One row per period of active duty, taken from the DD-214.
Item 6 checked (compensable service-connected disability of 10% or more); Items 5, 7, 8 and 9 left blank
A 20% rating is CP; 30% or more would be CPS; under 10%, a Purple Heart or a VA pension would be Item 5 (XP).
Photocopy of DD-214 (Member 4 copy) showing character of service "Honorable"
Only a branch of service can certify that active duty was under honorable conditions; copies are not returned.
Photocopy of VA rating decision letter dated 05/18/2026 showing a 20% service-connected disability, not rated permanent and total
The letter must be dated 1991 or later and state the percentage; the form's Item 6 asks for A and C.
Left blank
These questions apply only to spouse, widow/widower and mother claims.
Left blank
Section H is completed only for a spouse (Item 7) or mother (Item 9) claim that rests on the veteran being unable to work.
None — the October 2013 SF-15 has no signature block
The claim is supported by the attached documents and the certification you make on the job application itself.
These values are made up. They are here to show what belongs on each line, not to be copied — every name, number, and address on your own SF-15 has to be your own.
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Official source: SF-15 on U.S. Office of Personnel Management’s website
Edition checked: Standard Form 15, Revised October 2013 (OMB 3206-0001; the form states all previous editions are unusable, and no expiration date is printed). Verified against the official source on .
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