Cheatham County Veterans Service Office (Bob Counter) at the Sycamore Center

Tennessee counties appoint veterans service officers under T.C.A. 58-3-109 (see the Tennessee entry); Cheatham's is a county office with its own page. The office's page. The contact block: "Veterans Services - Bob Counter - Sycamore Center, 322 Frey Street, Ashland City, TN 37015 - (615) 246-1477 Phone - (615) 246-1478 Fax - Office Hours: Monday -Thursday 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. - Places We Can Meet: Pleasant View City Hall, South Cheatham Library, Home Visits for the Housebound." The page carries a Cheatham County Veterans Service Facebook link beside the office's own Veterans Resources and Event Calendar pages. The mission. "The mission of the Cheatham County Veterans Service Office is to provide veterans, widows and their dependents counsel and assistance in filing for benefits through the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office." The help list: "Disability Compensation, Pension Compensation; Death Benefits; Education Benefits; Vocational Rehabilitation; Medical and Dental Treatment; Insurance and Home Loan Benefits." The eligibility and wartime-service sections walk through discharge conditions, the wartime windows and the pension tests ("For a Veteran to be eligible to receive Non-Service Connected Pension benefits, he/she must have served at least (1) day during a period of war and (90) days on active duty. For Guard & Reserve Service, (24) months active service is required"), and the records list ("Family Records, such as marriage license, birth certificates, death certificates, divorce decree(s), guardianship or custody evidence, adoption papers, and any other permanent records"). The county's money. The window's minutes carry the office's line (101-58300 Veteran's Services) and its expansions: the November 17, 2025 architect fees for the office-expansion design and the August 17, 2026 Resolution 17 raising the remodel appropriation from 1,397.55 to 5,000.00 dollars (the Board's entry). Former office staff now at the State: Lisa Ware joined the office as an administrative assistant in March 2015, became an accredited service officer, and is now the Tennessee Department of Veterans Services' Director of Training.