Hawkins County (Tennessee) Veterans Service Office
Hawkins County's Veterans Service Office, Courthouse, 100 East Main Street, Room 218, Rogersville (423-272-5077), prepares and files VA compensation, pension and DIC claims and helps with education, home loans, health care, vocational rehabilitation, burial and records, free; Mike Manning is service officer, Monday to Friday 8 to 4, closed noon to 1.
Also called: veterans service office, VSO, claims, compensation, pension, DIC, appeals, Mike Manning, Brandee Smith, 100 East Main Street, Room 218, 423-272-5077, TCA 58-3-109, Rogersville, Church Hill, Mount Carmel, Surgoinsville, Bulls Gap, Eidson, Persia, Bean Station, Kingsport.
For: Veteran or service member, spouse, child, survivor.
Tennessee counties employ veterans service officers under Tennessee Code 58-3-109; see the Tennessee entries. Hawkins County's page: "Mike and his assistant, Brandee Smith, will apply specialized knowledge in the best interest and to the needs of veterans and their beneficiaries in assisting them with preparing forms, applications, supporting evidence in filing compensation, pension and DIC claims. Assistance will also be provided for filing for education, home loans, homeless veterans, life insurance, health care, vocational rehab, employment, burial and other benefits on an individual basis with compassionate understanding."
It is free. "Assistance to veterans and their survivors is provided free of charge. Under no circumstances shall there be any request or demand to accept remuneration in cash or in any other form for assistance." The page also warns against unaccredited claim helpers and points to VA's accreditation search.
Questions it takes. Among them: what benefits a veteran and dependants have, compensation against pension, getting into VA health care, appealing a VA decision, chemical exposure diseases, PTSD stressors, service records and their correction, VA overpayments, aid and attendance, State and national cemetery burial, free licence tags, the means test, grave markers, and time limits on benefits.
Who and where. Mike Manning, Veterans Service Officer (a retired Marine Corps officer), with Brandee Smith. Hawkins County Courthouse, 100 East Main Street, Room 218, Rogersville, TN 37857; 423-272-5077; Monday to Friday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., closed for lunch noon to 1 p.m. The page lists VA's emergency care notification line, 1-844-724-7842, to call within 72 hours of an outside emergency room visit.
The money. The 2026-27 budget carries Veterans' Services at $124,385 (a supervisor/director and a deputy), up from $116,653 for 2025-26.
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