The Cherokee County Veterans Affairs Office - Steven Bright, Director of Veteran Affairs, with Deputy Director Douglas Hubbard and VA Clerk Angela Burnett - sits at 110 Railroad Ave., Gaffney (864-487-2579), Monday to Friday 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., an advocate for the county's 6,000-plus veterans, widows and orphans that initiates and processes claims, files nursing-home applications and runs the veterans' bus to Columbia and Asheville.
Also called: Veterans Affairs, VSO, Steven Bright, Douglas Hubbard, Angela Burnett, 864-487-2579, 110 Railroad Ave, Gaffney, bus, free tuition, 25-11-10, nursing home, Gaffney, Blacksburg, Grover, Chesnee.
For: Veteran or service member, spouse, child, survivor.
The office is the county's own; see the South Carolina entries on the county veterans affairs offices (section 25-11-10). What Cherokee's page says:
"We Love Our Veterans. What We Do. The mission of the Cherokee County Veterans Affairs Office is to be an advocate for more than 6,000 veterans, widows and orphans in all matters that pertain to them. The office can assist with the following: Respond to inquiries regarding a veteran's benefits. Inform veterans, families and survivors of benefits through the community outreach programs. Initiate and process veterans' claims for benefits. Inform veterans on South Carolina free tuition programs. We travel to veterans' homes if they are unable to come to our office. Programs and Benefits: Assist in the filing of South Carolina veterans nursing homes applications. Update and maintain the Cherokee County veterans roster. Coordinate with the South Carolina Office of Veterans Affairs in Columbia about appeals and hearings veterans have. Assist in transportation to the Veterans Medical Centers and community outreach clinics throughout South Carolina and the VA Medical Center in Asheville, North Carolina." The page quotes section 25-11-10 - the Office of Veterans Affairs "shall assist all ex-service personnel, regardless of wars in which their service may have been rendered, in filing, presenting, and prosecuting to final determination of all claims which they have for financial compensation, hospitalization, training and insurance benefits under the terms of federal law", extended "to eligible dependents, including parents, widows, children and orphans" - and notes the office "administers the free tuition program for certain war veterans' children."
The bus. "Cherokee County provides a bus service to veterans. These trips are not reimbursed by the Veterans Affairs Office. In order to request a bus trip, veterans must: Request travel at least 72 hours in advance of the scheduled appointment at the VA clinic or hospital. Have a scheduled appointment at the VA in order to ride the van or bus - No exceptions! Have appointments at a veterans hospital in Columbia, S.C., or Asheville, N.C. Have appointments at a veterans clinic in Spartanburg, Rock Hill or Greenville. To make an appointment, call 864-487-2579."
Where and who. Cherokee County Veterans Affairs Office, 110 Railroad Ave., Gaffney, SC 29340; Mondays through Fridays 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.; 864-487-2579. "Steven Bright, Director of Veteran Affairs. Douglas Hubbard, Deputy Director. Angela Burnett, VA Clerk." The county's Administration Building at the same address keeps 8:30 to 5 hours at (864) 487-2560.
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