Blount County Veterans Affairs Office

The Blount County Veterans Affairs Office provides accredited representation to veterans and their family members with VA benefits and assistance in filing the forms VA requires. Its listed benefit work is service-connected disability, health benefits, burial benefits, the improved pension programs, survivor benefits, and all other VA benefits. The office says it will never charge for any assistance. It is the county veteran service office under 58-3-109; see the Tennessee entry. Where. 305 Court Street, Maryville 37804; Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Director and Veterans Service Officer Nathan Weinbaum, 865-273-5760. The office's assistant VSOs include Julie Coulter and Jennifer Holmes, whose accreditations through the Tennessee Department of Veterans Services the county's Veterans Affairs Committee tracks in its agendas. Funding and oversight. The Veterans Affairs Committee, a standing committee of the County Commission, oversees the office and meets quarterly at the Blount County Courthouse; see the county's entry on the committee. The adopted FY 2026-27 budget carries the office at 3.0 FTE with $194,382 in salary and $278,735 for the Veterans Services line. What is coming. The committee's agendas report a VA outpatient clinic coming to Maryville in 2028, and an AMVETS transportation vehicle for veterans; the office also tracks HonorAir Knoxville honor flights and the United Veterans of Blount County's Memorial Day and Veterans Day programs. For a ride to a VA appointment ask the office which programme is taking bookings.