Linn County Veterans Services

The Linn County Veterans Services Office "was established by the Linn County Board of Commissioners to assist veterans and their dependents who want to obtain benefits from Federal and State agencies." The office identifies potential claims and entitlements, assists in completing applications, and helps clients obtain supporting documents: "We are advocates for Linn County Veterans and their dependents." What the office assists with: VA disability compensation claims, pension claims for veterans and surviving spouses, medical benefit applications, home loan eligibility applications, burial benefits, vocational rehabilitation applications, and survivor and dependent services. The page carries PACT Act material. Where and when. Linn County Veteran's Services, 505 SW Ellsworth Street, Albany, OR 97321; phone (541) 967-3882 or (800) 319-3882; fax (541) 928-3517; hours Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Scale, from the county's own April 8, 2026 report to the Board of Commissioners: the office helped local veterans obtain more than $1.53 million in benefits from July 1, 2025 through March 31, 2026 ($323,856.76 in the first quarter of 2026), all tax-free income for veterans, surviving spouses or family members; with three accredited veterans services officers on staff, waits dropped from six to eight weeks to under two weeks. Program Manager Dee Baley-Hyder reported that 20-year Veterans Services Officer Rob McKibben would retire at the end of April 2026. Source note. Both pages were read through the Internet Archive, because linncountyor.gov answers 403 to every automated request; the capture of the report is dated April 9, 2026 and the capture of the Veterans Services page is from 2025.