Missouri Veterans Commission Service Officer for Shelby County (Hannibal office)

Shelby County has no county veterans office; the Missouri Veterans Commission's Hannibal office at 203 North 6th Street (John Simpson, 573-248-2550) serves Shelby, Marion, Ralls, Lewis and Clark counties with free VA claims help, Monday to Thursday 8 to 4 and Friday 8 to noon.

Also called: veterans service officer, VSO, Missouri Veterans Commission, MVC, claims, appeals, John Simpson, 203 North 6th, 573-248-2550, Hannibal, Shelbyville, Shelbina, Clarence, Bethel, Hunnewell, Leonard, Lakenan, Emden.

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

Where it applies

Written for the jurisdictions listed here.

Shelby County, MOCounty

Missouri has no county veterans service officers in statute; the Missouri Veterans Commission's officers do the work (see the Missouri entry). The Commission's service officer locator's office record lists the Hannibal office at 203 North 6th Street, Hannibal, MO 63401, first floor, serving "Marion, Ralls, Lewis, Clark, Shelby" counties: John Simpson, Veteran Service Officer ([email protected]), 573-248-2550, Monday to Thursday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Friday 8 a.m. to noon, under supervisor Arthur Nott-Hopkins. The record was last edited March 7, 2025, so call ahead. The office is in Marion County, east of Shelby; the Shelby County site names no local outreach day (Clark County's site posts a monthly courthouse day for the same officer, so ask whether one is held in Shelbyville). What the help is. Free claims help with VA compensation, pension, survivor and burial benefits, and appeals. No rating is needed to ask.

Thresholds

Thresholds for Missouri Veterans Commission Service Officer for Shelby County (Hannibal office)
Gate	Rule
Veterans and survivors	Free claims help; no rating is needed to ask.

Sources

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Last updated 2026-10-30.

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