GDVS Tifton Veterans Field Service Office serving Tift County (Tequila McCoy), inside the county itself

Tift County's claims route is the Georgia Department of Veterans Service's Tifton Veterans Field Service Office - Veterans Service Officer and Manager Tequila McCoy (478-272-1210, ext. 46233), 1824 Ridge Ave. North, Tifton, GA 31794 - which the GDVS's list serves "Ben Hill, Irwin, Tift, Turner, Wilcox"; the office sits inside Tift County itself, appointments are preferred with walk-ins accepted as time permits, Monday to Friday 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and online scheduling runs through the GDVS's ReFrame link.

Also called: GDVS, Georgia Department of Veterans Service, Veterans Field Service Office, Tifton, Tequila McCoy, 478-272-1210, 1824 Ridge Ave North, claims, compensation, pension, Tifton, Omega, Unionville, Phillipsburg.

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

Where it applies

Written for the jurisdictions listed here.

Tift County, GACounty

The office. The GDVS's find-an-office list carries one row naming Tift: "Tifton - Ben Hill, Irwin, Tift, Turner, Wilcox - 1824 Ridge Ave North Tifton, GA 31794". The Tifton page: "Appointments are preferred, but walk-ins are accepted as time permits." The contact: "Veterans Service Officer and Manager Tequila McCoy" at (478) 272-1210, ext. 46233, 1824 Ridge Ave North. Hours: "Monday - Friday: 09:00 a.m. - 04:30 p.m." - closed Saturday and Sunday, all Eastern. The page's banner: "Online scheduling now available. Click here to schedule your visit through ReFrame!" In the county. The office is inside Tift County - a Tift veteran walks to the office at 1824 Ridge Ave. North in Tifton rather than travelling to a neighboring county seat. See the Georgia State entries for the claims the GDVS files. The county's own record. No separate county veterans service office appears on the county site: tiftcounty.org's department lists name the Tax Assessor, the Tax Commissioner, the courts and the rest, and no veterans line.

Thresholds

Thresholds for GDVS Tifton Veterans Field Service Office serving Tift County (Tequila McCoy), inside the county itself
Gate	Rule
Any Tift County veteran or family member	GDVS service officers file claims for any veteran or family member; the service is free. No rating is needed.

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Last updated 2026-11-03.

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