GDVS Demorest Veterans Field Service Office serving Stephens County (John Giddens)

Stephens County's claims route is the Georgia Department of Veterans Service's Demorest Veterans Field Service Office - Veterans Service Officer and Manager John Giddens (706-894-1049), 185 Scoggins Dr., Demorest, GA 30535, Suite B in the Habersham County Health Department - which the GDVS's list serves "Banks, Franklin, Habersham, Stephens, and White"; appointments are preferred and walk-ins are accepted as time permits, Monday to Friday 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Also called: GDVS, Georgia Department of Veterans Service, Veterans Field Service Office, Demorest, John Giddens, 706-894-1049, 185 Scoggins Dr., Suite B, claims, compensation, pension, Toccoa, Toccoa, Eastanollee, Martin.

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

Where it applies

Written for the jurisdictions listed here.

Stephens County, GACounty

The office. The GDVS's find-an-office list carries one row naming Stephens: "Demorest - Banks, Franklin, Habersham, Stephens, and White - 185 Scoggins Dr. Demorest, GA 30535". The Demorest page: "Appointments are preferred, but walk-ins are accepted as time permits." The contact: "Veterans Service Officer and Manager John Giddens ... (706) 894-1049", with the note "This office is located in Suite B and is co-located inside the Habersham County Health Department." Hours: "Monday - Friday: 09:00 a.m. - 04:30 p.m." - closed Saturday and Sunday, all Eastern. Which door. The nearest office is Demorest, the Habersham County seat to the northwest; a Stephens veteran may walk in as time permits or call the Demorest line first. The Habersham County entry carries the same office and the county's lease of 217 Scoggins Drive to the State Properties Commission for the Department of Veteran Services. See the Georgia State entries for the claims the GDVS files. The county's own record. No county veterans service office appears on the county site: stephenscountyga.gov's department lists name the Tax Assessor, the Tax Commissioner, the courts and the rest, and no veterans line; the Board of Commissioners' 2025-2026 record names no veterans-office item.

Thresholds

Thresholds for GDVS Demorest Veterans Field Service Office serving Stephens County (John Giddens)
Gate	Rule
Any Stephens County veteran or family member	GDVS service officers file claims for any veteran or family member; the service is free. No rating is needed.

Sources

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Last updated 2026-11-03.

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