GDVS Demorest Veterans Field Service Office (John Giddens) serving Franklin County, inside the Habersham County Health Department

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Franklin County's claims office is the Georgia Department of Veterans Service's Demorest Veterans Field Service Office - Veterans Service Officer and Manager John Giddens (706-894-1049), 185 Scoggins Dr., Demorest, GA 30535 - which the GDVS's list serves "Banks, Franklin, Habersham, Stephens, and White"; appointments are preferred and walk-ins are accepted as time permits, Monday to Friday 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and online scheduling runs through the GDVS's ReFrame link; the page's note seats the office "in Suite B ... co-located inside the Habersham County Health Department."

Also called: GDVS, Georgia Department of Veterans Service, Veterans Field Service Office, Demorest, John Giddens, 706-894-1049, 185 Scoggins Dr, Suite B, Habersham County Health Department, claims, compensation, pension, Carnesville, Lavonia, Franklin Springs, Royston, Canon.

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

Where it applies

Written for the jurisdictions listed here.

Franklin County, GACounty

The office. The GDVS's find-an-office list carries one row naming Franklin: "Demorest - Banks, Franklin, Habersham, Stephens, and White - 185 Scoggins Dr. Demorest, GA 30535". The Demorest page: "Appointments are preferred, but walk-ins are accepted as time permits." The contact: "Veterans Service Officer and Manager John Giddens" at (706) 894-1049. Hours: "Monday - Friday: 09:00 a.m. - 04:30 p.m." - closed Saturday and Sunday, all Eastern. The page's additional information: "This office is located in Suite B and is co-located inside the Habersham County Health Department." The page offers online scheduling through ReFrame. In the county. The office is in Demorest, in Habersham County, so a Franklin veteran travels there rather than walking to an office in Carnesville; no GDVS field office sits inside Franklin County. See the Georgia State entries for the claims the GDVS files. The county's own record. No separate county veterans service office appears on the county site: franklincountyga.gov's menus name the courts, the sheriff, the tax offices and the departments, and no veterans line.

Thresholds

Thresholds for GDVS Demorest Veterans Field Service Office (John Giddens) serving Franklin County, inside the Habersham County Health Department
Gate	Rule
Any Franklin County veteran or family member	GDVS service officers file claims for any veteran or family member; the service is free. No rating is needed.

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Last updated 2026-11-03.

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