Jackson County (Arkansas) Veterans Service Office

Jackson County's veterans service officer, RJ Brown, at the courthouse, 208 Main St., Newport ((870) 523-7426, [email protected]), helps county veterans, dependents and survivors with VA claims free on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesday mornings; the county's site has no veterans page.

Also called: veterans service officer, CVSO, ADVA, claims help, county judge, RJ Brown, 870-523-7426, [email protected], 208 Main St., Newport, Tuckerman, Swifton, Diaz, Amagon, Beedeville, Campbell Station, Grubbs, Jacksonport, Tupelo, Weldon.

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

Where it applies

Written for the jurisdictions listed here.

Jackson County, ARCounty

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. Who and when. The Department of Veterans Affairs' county finder (last updated August 19, 2026) lists RJ Brown at 208 Main St., Newport, AR 72112, (870) 523-7426, [email protected], Monday and Tuesday 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and Wednesday 8:00 a.m. to noon. 208 Main Street is the courthouse address the county's pages give for the County Judge, Collector and Circuit Clerk. The county's own site has no veterans page. Jackson is in the Department's District 3, whose District Veterans Service Officer is Ric Bolton in Salem, (870) 253-9767. The County Judge, Jeff Phillips, is at 208 Main St., (870) 523-7400. The Quorum Court. The county posts no minutes or budget (only its yearly Annual Financial Report, which gives fund totals), so the office's appropriation is not published.

Thresholds

Thresholds for Jackson County (Arkansas) Veterans Service Office
Gate	Rule
Veterans, dependents and survivors	Open to any veteran, dependent or survivor. No rating is needed.

Sources

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Last updated 2026-10-30.

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