Independence County (Arkansas) Veterans Service Office

What it is. An Arkansas county veterans service officer is employed by the county judge and paid from the Quorum Court's budget, trained and accredited through the Department of Veterans Affairs, and partly reimbursed by the State under section 20-81-106: one dollar for every two the county spends, up to $3,600 a year, or $4,800 in a county with more than 2,500 veterans, plus $500 a quarter each for VA accreditation and for access to VA's benefits system; see the Arkansas entry on the Department and county service officers. Help with a claim is free. Independence County's page: "The Veterans Service Office helps veterans apply for disability, medical assistance, educational and widows' benefits." It also gives information on family and survivor benefits, the home loan guaranty, CHAMPVA, and burial and death benefits. Who and when. Josh Morrison, Independence County Courthouse, 192 E. Main Street, Batesville, AR 72501; 870-793-8812, fax 870-793-8803. The county's page gives the hours as Monday through Thursday 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; the Department of Veterans Affairs' county finder (last updated August 19, 2026) gives Monday, Wednesday and Thursday 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and the email [email protected]. Call before going in on a Tuesday: Izard County's Veterans Services page (read in the fourth round) lists the same officer at the Izard County Courthouse in Melbourne on Tuesdays, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and at the Batesville office Monday and Wednesday to Friday. Izard budgets and pays his part-time post itself (see the Izard County entry). Independence is in the Department's District 3, whose District Veterans Service Officer is Ric Bolton in Salem, (870) 253-9767. The van. The office also runs a van to the VA hospitals in Little Rock and North Little Rock; see the separate entry.