Idaho Division of Veterans Services, Lewiston OVA (the Central Idaho State Service Officers) and the County’s Veteran Resources

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The claims route for Nez Perce County's veterans is the Idaho Division of Veterans Services' Lewiston Office of Veterans Advocacy - 2604 16th Avenue, Suite A, Lewiston (208-748-7663) - whose accredited state service officers include Stacey Whitmore and Joe Riener (with Jennifer Dreadfulwater); the county's own Veterans Services page lists the Lewiston VA Outpatient Clinic, the Walla Walla and Spokane VA medical centers, the Idaho State Veterans Home at Lewiston, the DVOP at the Idaho Department of Labor, and a Nez Perce County Veteran Resources Brochure, and the county keeps no county service officer of its own.

Also called: IDVS, Division of Veterans Services, OVA, Office of Veterans Advocacy, state service officer, Stacey Whitmore, Joe Riener, Joseph Riener, Jennifer Dreadfulwater, 208-748-7663, 2604 16th Avenue, Suite A, Lewiston OVA, Lewiston Veterans Home, Lewiston VA Clinic, 1630 23rd Avenue, DVOP, Brice West, claims, compensation, pension, DIC, Lewiston, Lapwai, Culdesac, Peck, Lenore, Spalding.

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

Where it applies

Written for the jurisdictions listed here.

Nez Perce County, IDCounty

The county's own page. Nez Perce County's Area Links Veterans Services page opens with "NEZ PERCE COUNTY VETERAN RESOURCES BROCHURE" and lists the county's resources: "Lewiston Veterans Administration Outpatient Medical Clinic, 1630 23rd Avenue, Building 2, Lewiston, ID 83501, Phone: 208-746-7784"; "Walla Walla VA Medical Center, 77 Wainwright Drive, Walla Walla, WA 99362, Toll-free: 888-687-8863"; "Spokane VA Medical Center, North 4815 Assembly Street, Spokane, WA 99208, Toll-free: 800-325-7940"; "Idaho State Veterans Home, 821 21st Avenue, Lewiston, ID 83501"; and the claims route: "CENTRAL IDAHO STATE SERVICE OFFICERS - help with claims and applications: Stacey Whitmore and Joe Reiner... 2604 16th Avenue, Suite 'A', Lewiston, ID 83501, Phone: 208-748-7663." The page also lists the Idaho Department of Labor's North Central Idaho Disabled Veterans Outreach Program - Brice West, Veterans Representative, 1158 Idaho Street, Lewiston (208-696-2470), serving Clearwater, Idaho, Latah, Lewis and Nez Perce Counties - and the Boise, Seattle and Spokane VA Regional Offices, and carries the benefit summaries: service-connected compensation, the wartime pension with its housebound and skilled-nursing lifts, DIC for surviving spouses, and that "Eligibility for veterans to receive medical care is NOT based on wartime service and they do NOT have to have a service-connected disability." The office itself. The Division's Service Officers page lists the Lewiston OVA team - Jennifer Dreadfulwater (208-748-7663, [email protected]) and Joe Riener ([email protected]) among them - with the Central Support Office at 351 Collins Road, Boise (208-780-1300). The Division's 2021 directory carried the county service officers list with Nez Perce printed "Vacant", and the county's own pages name no county service office: the county's Phone Directory lists no veterans line, and the offices sit in the courthouse's row (Assessor 799-3010, Clerk 799-3020, Commissioners 799-3090). A veteran starts at the Lewiston OVA, or with the veterans service organizations listed on the Division's site - VFW Post 2587 and American Legion Post #13 are the Lewiston posts. The home. The Idaho State Veterans Home - Lewiston (821 21st Avenue) is the county's own state veterans home; see the Idaho entries on admission.

Thresholds

Thresholds for Idaho Division of Veterans Services, Lewiston OVA (the Central Idaho State Service Officers) and the County’s Veteran Resources
Gate	Rule
Any Nez Perce County veteran or family member	The state service officers file claims free; no rating is needed to ask. The rating filter never hides this entry.

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