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GDVS Athens Veterans Field Service Office serving Hart County (Matt Williamson; Carie Lince), with the county’s own courthouse veterans line

Hart County's claims route is the Georgia Department of Veterans Service's Athens Veterans Field Service Office - Veterans Service Officer and Manager Matt Williamson and Veterans Service Officer Carie Lince (706-733-0188, ext. 45575), 9249 U.S. Highway 29, Athens, GA 30601 - which the GDVS's list serves "Barrow, Clarke, Hart, Jackson, Madison, Oconee, Oglethorpe"; the county's own Department Directory also carries a "VeteransServices" line, (706) 376-4461, the GDVS benefits office the county's resource directories place in the Hart County Courthouse at 185 W. Franklin St. (open Tuesdays and Wednesdays 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. per the county schools' resource handbook), with the GDVS's own hartwell page now answering "You are not authorized to access this page."

Also called: GDVS, Georgia Department of Veterans Service, Veterans Field Service Office, Athens, Matt Williamson, Carie Lince, 706-733-0188, 9249 U.S. Highway 29, 706-376-4461, 185 W. Franklin St., claims, compensation, pension, Hartwell, Hartwell, Bowersville, Royston, Canon.

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

Where it applies

Written for the jurisdictions listed here.

The office. The GDVS's find-an-office list carries one row naming Hart: "Athens - Barrow, Clarke, Hart, Jackson, Madison, Oconee, Oglethorpe - 9249 U.S. Highway 29 Athens, GA 30601". The Athens page: "Appointments are preferred, but walk-ins are accepted as time permits." The contacts: "Veterans Service Officer and Manager Matt Williamson" and "Veterans Service Officer Carie Lince", each at (706) 733-0188, ext. 45575, 9249 U.S. Highway 29. Hours: "Monday - Friday: 09:00 a.m. - 04:30 p.m." - closed Saturday and Sunday, all Eastern. The county's own line. Hart County's Department Directory on hartcountyga.gov carries a "VeteransServices" entry at (706) 376-4461 with no page of its own - the departments index names no veterans department. Hart County's Family Connection directory lists the number as "Georgia Department of Veterans Services"; the county schools' community resource handbook lists the GDVS's Hartwell office - "194 Cade St. Suite B Hartwell, GA" with the website veterans.georgia.gov/hartwell, and the newer Harmony House listing places it at "185 W Franklin St #1" (the courthouse annex), office open "Tues & Wed 9am-3pm only". The GDVS's own hartwell page now answers "You are not authorized to access this page." in a browser session - the county's courthouse line and the Athens list row are what stand. 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: hartcountyga.gov's department lists name the Tax Assessor, the Tax Commissioner, the courts and the rest, and no veterans line beyond the directory's phone entry.

Thresholds

Thresholds for GDVS Athens Veterans Field Service Office serving Hart County (Matt Williamson; Carie Lince), with the county’s own courthouse veterans line
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Any Hart County veteran or family memberGDVS service officers file claims for any veteran or family member; the service is free. No rating is needed.

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