Adams County Veterans Affairs

Adams County's Veterans Affairs Office, Courthouse Complex, 117 Baltimore Street, Gettysburg, is the county director of veterans affairs' office: accredited claims and appeals for health care, compensation, pension, education, emergency needs and burial, military records and medals, and Memorial Day grave flags; Director Stan Clark, 717-337-9835, weekdays 8 to 4:30.

Also called: county director of veterans affairs, CVSO, VSO, Gettysburg, claims help, Stan Clark, grave flags, DD-214.

For: Veteran or service member, spouse, child, survivor.

Where it applies

Written for the jurisdictions listed here.

Adams County, PACounty

The Veterans Affairs Office is the office every Pennsylvania county must have (16 Pa.C.S. 15524); see the Pennsylvania entry on county directors. "We are accredited with the U.S. Department of Veterans (DVA) and are authorized to submit claims for benefits and represent claimants with processing their claims to include appeals to the DVA Board of Veterans Appeals (BVA)." It helps with "health care, disability compensation, pensions, education benefits, homeless veterans, emergency financial needs, burial benefits, obtaining copies of military records and replacement medals", and refers veterans on for non-VA benefits. Grave flags. "The Adams County Veterans Affairs Office coordinates placement of graveside markers and flags prior to Memorial Day each year to recognize the service and sacrifices of veterans buried in County cemeteries." "All of these services are provided at no cost to the veteran or their families." Where. Director Stan Clark (DMVA list of September 9, 2026); Courthouse Complex, 117 Baltimore Street, Gettysburg, PA 17325 (his contact page gives Room 201A); phone (717) 337-9835, fax (717) 334-2091; Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The Recorder of Deeds records discharges free, and the office helps request lost ones on Standard Form 180.

Thresholds

Thresholds for Adams County Veterans Affairs
Gate	Rule
Veterans, dependents and survivors	Any veteran of any era, family member or survivor can use the office. No rating is needed.

Sources

Updated

Last updated 2026-10-09.

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VetTOC is not affiliated with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs or the Department of Defense. Information is for reference only and is not an eligibility determination. Verify with VA, the relevant state or territory, or an accredited VSO.