The county’s Veterans Services under the Division of Senior, Disabilities & Veterans’ Services, with Veterans Services Officer Richard Booth at 908-788-1361, assists veterans with VA claims for service-connected disability compensation, pensions for veterans and surviving spouses and burial, survivor benefits, VA health-care enrollment and community outreach.
Also called: Veterans Services, Richard Booth, Division of Senior Disabilities Veterans Services, DSDVS, 908-788-1361, VA claims, survivor benefits.
The county's page. "Veterans Services Officer, Richard Booth. Email Richard Booth." "Services Provided - Information: available for Veteran specific resources (local, state, and national). Referrals: made as necessary to the appropriate agencies or resources for Veteran specific services. Services Available: Assist Veterans with filing claims for benefits through the VA, such as Service Connection Disability Compensation; Pensions for Veteran and Surviving Spouses; Burial and much more. Survivor Benefits. Guidance on how to enroll in VA Healthcare. Community Outreach: bringing issues that directly impact Veterans to community members in an effort to change or assist in resolving those issues."
The office sits in the Division of Senior, Disabilities & Veterans' Services (DSDVS) of the Department of Human Services; its section's subpages cover the Veterans Recognition Program (including medal ceremonies back to 2003 and "How to Apply for a Medal"), a Veterans Headstone Cleaning Program, the PACT Act (Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act), Veterans Resources and Veterans Events. The page also notes: "VA Authorized Urgent Care Facility for Veterans Re-Established in Hunterdon - Hunterdon County Commissioner Board Deputy Director Susan J. Soloway announced, at the September 15th Commissioner meeting, the availability of a new VA approved local urgent care facility in Flemington for eligible county Veterans that will provide an in-country location for treatment of minor injuries and illnesses, without a long drive for Veterans to a different county or neighboring state." Contact: Richard Booth, Veterans' Services Officer, and Kevin Burghardt, Division Head.
The board's year of DSDVS business: appointments of Lynn E. Hamilton and Alexandra Wendel to the Senior, Disabilities and Veterans Advisory Council (Resolutions 2025-1043 and 2025-1044, terms through December 2, 2028) and Joanne McLees (2026-465); Booth's salary line at $61,734.72 for 2026 plus $1,600 longevity in the January 20, 2026 signed-resolutions packet; and the division's aging grants (the 2026 Area Plan Contract Update, a $34,000 SHIP grant for April 1, 2026 to March 31, 2027, the FY2027 No Wrong Door Grant and the WIC/Senior Farmers Market Nutrition applications). Commissioner Kuhl, as co-liaison to Veterans Affairs, told the board the county would host "its annual Veterans Medal Ceremony next week on Veterans Day... live-streamed from the Assembly Room at Building #1 at the Route 12 County Complex."
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Thresholds for Hunterdon County Veterans Services
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Any Hunterdon County veteran or family member
The office assists with VA claims, survivor benefits and enrollment; no rating is required.
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