Clarke County: Georgia Department of Veterans Service, Athens Veterans Field Service Office

Clarke County has no county veterans office; the Georgia Department of Veterans Service's Athens Veterans Field Service Office, 9249 U.S. Highway 29, Athens (706-733-0188, ext. 45575), serves Barrow, Clarke, Hart, Jackson, Madison, Oconee and Oglethorpe counties with free claims help under Veterans Service Officer and Manager Matt Williamson and VSO Carie Lince, weekdays 9 to 4:30.

Also called: GDVS, Georgia Department of Veterans Service, veterans field service office, VSO, claims, Matt Williamson, Carie Lince, 9249 US Highway 29, 706-733-0188, Athens, Athens, Winterville, Bogart, Five Points.

For: Veteran or service member, spouse, child, survivor.

Where it applies

Written for the jurisdictions listed here.

Clarke County, GACounty

The department's own pages. The locations directory lists the Athens Veterans Field Service Office serving "Barrow, Clarke, Hart, Jackson, Madison, Oconee, Oglethorpe"; the office's own page: "Appointments are preferred, but walk-ins are accepted as time permits", at 9249 U.S. Highway 29, Athens, GA 30601, Monday to Friday 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (Eastern), with online scheduling through the department's ReFrame link. The office's veterans service officers are Matt Williamson, "Veterans Service Officer and Manager", and Carie Lince, both at (706) 733-0188, ext. 45575. The county's part. The unified government keeps no veterans service office of its own - the departments list on accgov.com names none - so the GDVS Athens office is the claims route. Free help with VA compensation, pension, survivor and burial benefits and appeals; no rating is needed to ask. The Athens VA health care runs through the VA Athens Clinic and the Augusta health care system; see the federal entries.

Thresholds

Thresholds for Clarke County: Georgia Department of Veterans Service, Athens Veterans Field Service Office
Gate	Rule
Veterans, surviving spouses and families	Free help filing VA claims and state benefit requests; no rating is needed to ask.

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Last updated 2026-10-30.

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