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Collier County Veteran Services

Collier County's Veteran Services office helps veterans and their families file VA claims for disability compensation, pensions, appeals, burial, education, health care and survivor benefits, free of charge, from Court Plaza in Naples. Call 239-252-8387.

Also called: CVSO, county veterans service officer, claims help, Community and Human Services, Naples, Airport Road, Court Plaza, accredited.

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

Where it applies

Written for the jurisdictions listed here.

Collier County Veteran Services, in the county's Community and Human Services Division, is the county's veterans service office; see the Florida entry on claims assistance. Its team has, as the county puts it, more than twenty years of combined experience assisting veterans with disability compensation, non-service-connected pensions, appeals, burial, education and health benefits, and its services are free of charge. Its Veteran Services Officers are accredited and certified by the Florida Department of Veterans' Affairs, and the office is careful to say it is a county agency and not employees of the VA. Who. The county's brochure lists as eligible: a veteran, a veteran's dependent, a surviving spouse or child, a reservist, a member of the National Guard, an active-duty service member, and a caregiver of a veteran or veteran dependents. What it does. Files claims for service-connected disabilities and non-service-connected pensions, appeals, VA health care and home loans, the Montgomery and post-9/11 GI Bills, Dependency and Indemnity Compensation, vocational rehabilitation, burial allowance, headstones and markers, state benefits, life insurance information, homestead exemptions, veterans' preference in employment, replacing military records, review of discharges, one-time reissue of decorations, readjustment counselling, homeless outreach and substance abuse treatment referrals. Its officers also give outreach presentations to veterans' and non-veterans' organisations on request. Where. 2671 Airport Road S, Court Plaza, Suite 202, Naples 34112; Monday to Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Phone 239-252-8387 (VETS), fax 239-252-2870, email [email protected]. The county's page also collects crisis and benefit lines: the Veterans Crisis Line (988, press 1), VA's 1-800-MyVA411, the Florida Veterans Support Line (1-844-MyFLVet), the homeless veterans hotline (877-424-3838) and United Way of Collier and the Keys (211), and links Warrior Homes of Collier County for housing.

Thresholds

Thresholds for Collier County Veteran Services
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Veterans, dependents, survivors and caregiversAny veteran, dependent, surviving spouse or child, reservist, Guard member, serving member or caregiver can use the office. No rating is needed.

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VetTOC is not affiliated with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs or the Department of Defense. Information is for reference only and is not an eligibility determination. Verify with VA, the relevant state or territory, or an accredited VSO.