GDVS Demorest Veterans Field Service Office (John Giddens) - in Habersham County, co-located in the Health Department, housed by the county’s own lease

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Habersham County's claims office is in the county: 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, Suite B, co-located inside the Habersham County Health Department - which the GDVS's list serves "Banks, Franklin, Habersham, Stephens, White"; appointments are preferred and walk-ins are accepted as time permits, Monday to Friday 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The office's building is the county's own doing: the Board of Commissioners' March 16, 2026 agenda carried the "Agreement to Lease 217 Scoggins Drive to the State Properties Commission for Use by the Department of Veteran Services".

Also called: GDVS, Georgia Department of Veterans Service, Veterans Field Service Office, Demorest, John Giddens, 706-894-1049, 185 Scoggins Dr., 217 Scoggins Drive, Suite B, Habersham County Health Department, State Properties Commission, claims, compensation, pension, Banks, Franklin, Stephens, White, Clarkesville, Clarkesville, Demorest, Cornelia, Mount Airy, Alto, Baldwin, Tallulah Falls.

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

Where it applies

Written for the jurisdictions listed here.

Habersham County, GACounty

The office. The GDVS's find-an-office list carries one row naming Habersham: "Demorest - Banks, Franklin, Habersham, Stephens, 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 ... (706) 894-1049", at 185 Scoggins Dr. 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 county's own doing. The Board of Commissioners' March 16, 2026 regular-meeting agenda carries, in the new business: "Consider/Approve Agreement to Lease 217 Scoggins Drive to the State Properties Commission for Use by the Department of Veteran Services" - the county leasing its Scoggins Drive property to the State to house the field office whose GDVS address is 185 Scoggins Drive. The office sits in the county itself: a Habersham veteran's claims office is the county's own, beside the Health Department, with the State as the tenant. See the Georgia State entries for the claims the GDVS files.

Thresholds

Thresholds for GDVS Demorest Veterans Field Service Office (John Giddens) - in Habersham County, co-located in the Health Department, housed by the county’s own lease
Gate	Rule
Any Habersham 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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