Boone County (Arkansas) Veteran’s Services

What it is. An Arkansas county veterans service officer is employed by the county judge and paid from the Quorum Court's budget, trained and accredited through the Department of Veterans Affairs, and partly reimbursed by the State under section 20-81-106 (one dollar for every two the county spends, up to $4,800 a year in a county with more than 2,500 veterans, plus $500 a quarter each for VA accreditation and for access to VA's benefits system); see the Arkansas entry on the Department and county service officers. Help with a claim is free. Boone County's Veteran's Services page sets out the federal benefits the office helps with - disability compensation and pension, education, life insurance, VA home loans, vocational rehabilitation and employment, health care, burial in a national cemetery and family and survivor benefits - from VA's Federal Benefits for Veterans and Dependents pamphlet. Who and where. "James Benefiel, Service Officer. Office open Monday - Thursday 8:00 to 4:00. 220 N Arbor Dr. Harrison, Arkansas 72601. 870.741.3640 phone 870.741.5614 Fax", [email protected]. The Department of Veterans Affairs' county finder (last updated August 19, 2026) lists the same officer, address, phone and email, with assistant Diane Rogers and hours of Monday to Thursday 8:00 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. Boone is in the Department's District 2, whose District Veterans Service Officer is Edward Skelton in Fort Smith, (479) 387-6610. The budget. The Quorum Court's 2026 budget, Appropriation Ordinance No. 2025-39 (filed December 10, 2025), appropriates $100,913.29 to the Veteran's Service Officer (0800) from the general fund.