Niagara County's Veterans Service Agency, 175 Hawley Street, Suite 100D, Lockport, (716) 438-4090, helps veterans and dependants with VA compensation, pension, DIC, education, health care, burial and records claims, State benefits such as the blind annuity, park pass and hunting licences, and the County Clerk's DD-214 filing; counseling weekdays 9 to 4.
Also called: VSA, county veterans service agency, claims help, Lockport, Jeffrey Glatz, Veterans' Services Law 14, pension, blind annuity, Empire Pass, Thank A Vet, Lockport, Niagara Falls, North Tonawanda.
For: Veteran or service member, spouse, child, survivor.
The Niagara County Veterans Service Agency is the county agency every New York county must keep under Veterans' Services Law 14; see the New York entry on local veterans' service agencies. "Our mission is to insure that all veterans and their dependents have access to any benefits to which they may be eligible as the result of the veteran's active duty military or naval service."
What it does. The agency lists service-connected compensation, non-service-connected pension (including aid and attendance), widow and dependant pension and DIC, the GI Bill and VA education, vocational rehabilitation, VA health care, home loans and life insurance, military records and medals, the New York State Blind Annuity, the State's property tax exemptions, State medals, the State parks pass (40% service-connected), the Thruway pass (100%, permanent and total, with vehicle adaptation), hunting licences (40%), discharge upgrades, burial benefits, and the recording of DD-214s in the County Clerk's office. It also runs the county's Thank A Vet discount card with the Clerk (see the next entries).
Where and when. 175 Hawley Street, Suite 100D, Lockport, NY 14094. Counseling 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., phone inquiries 8:30 to 4:30, Monday to Friday; (716) 438-4090, fax (716) 438-4017, [email protected]. Director Jeffrey M. Glatz; service officers David Wohleben and Douglas Kalota. "The first time you go to their office, please bring your original DD214 or the equivalent."
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VetTOC is not affiliated with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs or the Department of Defense. Information is for reference only and is not an eligibility determination. Verify with VA, the relevant state or territory, or an accredited VSO.