Jackson County Veteran Services (Sheila Setzer, County Service Officer, Sylva)

The office. The county's Veterans page carries the invitation and the thanks: "The Jackson County Veterans Office would like to announce the upcoming Veterans events for this year. If you are a county employee who is a Veteran or you have family members who are Veterans we would like to invite you to take part in these wonderful events to honor and recognize our Veterans who served their country and Jackson County. The Jackson County Veterans Office, along with the Jackson County Senior Center, would like to thank all of our Veterans of Jackson County and surrounding counties and their families for their dedication, honor, and sacrifice to our country and to know that this is a special time of year to say thank you and welcome home!" The officeholder. "Sheila Setzer, County Service Officer," phone 828-631-2231, fax 828-631-8034, [email protected]; the State's accredited-offices listing carries the same office - "Office Manager: Setzer, Sheila Phone: (828) 631-2231 Monday through Friday 8:00AM - 5:00PM" - and the VA accreditation list names her as the county's accredited representative. The hours. The office's own Veterans Brochure (an image PDF, read by OCR) prints them: "Office Hours: 8am to 5pm - Closed for Lunch. Monday ... By Appointment Only; Tuesday ... By Appointment Only; Wednesday ... By Appointment Only; Thursday ... By Appointment Only; Friday ......... No Appointments Available," under "PLEASE CALL FOR APPOINTMENT - Veterans Services 828-631-2231," at "Jackson County Veteran's Services, 100 County Services Park, Sylva, NC 28779." The work. The brochure's second side runs the presumptive lists the office files under - Camp Lejeune water contamination ("Veterans must show they spent at least 30 days at Lejeune from January 1, 1957 to December 31, 1987 ... BLADDER CANCER * BREAST CANCER * ESOPHAGEAL CANCER * FEMALE INFERTILITY * HEPATIC STEATOSIS * KIDNEY CANCER * LEUKEMIA * LUNG CANCER * MISCARRIAGE * MULTIPLE MYELOMA * MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME * RENAL TOXICITY * NEUROBEHAVIORAL EFFECTS * SCLERODERMA * NON-HODGKIN'S LYMPHOMA") and Agent Orange - beside the office's page list of claims work: "To improve the Quality of life for veterans and dependents by providing Federal and State benefits and services. Objectives: Our objective is to assist veterans and dependents to submit applications for service connected Disability Compensation, Pension Benefits, Medical care, Home Loan Guarantees, Life Insurance, and other benefits." The State. Every county keeps a veterans service office under G.S. 165-12; see the North Carolina entry for the statutory scheme and the State's own benefits the office files - the nursing-home and scholarship applications among them.