Blue Earth County Veterans Service Office

Blue Earth County's Veterans Service Office is the county veterans service office every Minnesota county must have under section 197.60; see the Minnesota entry on county veterans service officers. Its page: "The Blue Earth County Veterans Service Office provides assistance and technical support to veterans and their dependents with a diverse array of benefits and services. This includes: Claims assistance; Benefit counseling; Advocacy." "The Veterans Service Office can also assist in obtaining military discharges and documents. Assistance with discharge upgrades is also provided." What it helps with. Its services page lists VA compensation and pension, education, vocational rehabilitation, home loans, burial benefits, headstones and flags, VA health care, survivors' benefits and CHAMPVA; the State's temporary financial assistance, dental and optical help and war orphans' education benefits; discharge upgrades, military records and re-employment rights. It enrols veterans in VA health care for the Mankato VA clinic, 1400 Madison Avenue, Suite 502 (primary and mental health care, 507-387-2939 ext. 2), and posts a PACT Act fact sheet. Discharge papers. The county's 2026 fee schedule, approved on December 16, 2025, records a DD-214 free "To record by owner only" and gives certified copies free when "Requested by owner in person or Veteran Services"; that is the State rule, and the office can request copies for you. Where. Veterans Service Officer Michael McLaughlin, Assistant Veterans Service Officers Patrick Corrow and Nathan Pike; 410 S. Fifth Street, Office B503, Mankato, MN 56001 (mail P.O. Box 168, Mankato, MN 56002-0168); 507-304-4246, fax 507-278-0020; 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday to Friday.