Tioga County Veterans’ Service Agency (Dennis Mullen, Director)

Tioga County's Veterans' Service Agency - Director Dennis Mullen, Ronald E. Dougherty County Office Building, 56 Main Street, 2nd Floor, Owego (607-687-8228, fax 607-687-8226) - files VA compensation, pension and survivor claims, enrols veterans in VA health care, and helps with the NYS benefits, weekdays 8:30 to 5; VSO James Hoover joined August 10, 2026.

Also called: TCVSA, Veterans Service Agency, Dennis Mullen, James Hoover, 607-687-8228, 607-687-8226, 56 Main Street, Owego, Dwyer Program, Stop 22, Ruck for Them, Field of the Fallen, Owego, Waverly, Newark Valley, Candor, Berkshire, Nichols, Barton, Richford, Spencer, Tioga Center, Lounsberry, Apalachin.

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

Where it applies

Written for the jurisdictions listed here.

Tioga County, NYCounty

The agency. "Veterans Service Agency is a local, community-based resource for Veterans, Active-Duty Military, Reserve, and National Guard of all generations... Our Services also extend to their families and Caregivers... Our Veterans Service Officers are certified and accredited through the Office of General Counsel, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and New York State." Director Dennis Mullen ([email protected]), Ronald E. Dougherty County Office Building, 56 Main Street, 2nd Floor, Owego, NY 13827; 607-687-8228; fax 607-687-8226; Monday to Friday 0830-1700. The claims list. "Our Agency can offer assistance filing VA benefits for the following: Service-Connected Disability Compensation; Non-Service Connected Pension; Special Monthly Compensation; Survivors Benefits; Enrollment in VA Healthcare; Enrollment in Family Healthcare CHAMPVA; Education Benefits for Veteran (Montgomery GI Bill, Post 9/11 GI Bill); Education Benefits for Family (Chapter 35); Employment Benefits (VR&E, Civil Service Credits); Life Insurance (VGLI, VALife); Death Benefits; Financial Benefits; VA Home Loan Guarantee; Fiduciary Program." NYS benefits: Education Benefits, New York State Tuition Awards, MERIT Scholarship, Real Property Tax Exemption, Lifetime Liberty Pass (State Parks), Blind Annuity, State Veterans Home Placement, Death Benefits, State Cemeteries, Indigent Burials. Other services: replacement military service and treatment records, DD-214, medals and awards, discharge-upgrade requests, service verification. The staff. Dennis Mullen became director May 3, 2025 (the April 2026 committee minutes: "The new Director started on May 03rd, 2025"). James Hoover, "A U.S. Navy veteran who deployed to Iraq in support of Operation: Iraqi Freedom", filled the vacant VSO position starting August 10, 2026, with NYS DVA certification training from that day (August 2026 committee minutes). The outreach. The agency's pages record the year: the 7th Annual Ruck for Them 5k Walk/Ruck (September 26, 2026, "Stop 22" awareness), the TCVSA Salute to Service Tailgate at Waverly's Veteran Memorial Stadium (September 18, 2026), and the Legislature's and County Administrator's support for the events. The Dwyer programme. The county's Dwyer Veteran Peer Support is funded by state aid - Resolution J-25 (October 2025) appropriates $5,037 to the Dwyer revenue line A6510-427700-DP22 against the $109,037 2025 allocation, beside $6,000 for Mental Health Outreach (A6510-427700-MHO); see the State entry on the Dwyer programme and the board entry for the resolution.

Thresholds

Thresholds for Tioga County Veterans’ Service Agency (Dennis Mullen, Director)
Gate	Rule
Any veteran, service member or family	The agency assists veterans, active-duty, reserves, National Guard and their families with claims and referrals; services are free and confidential. No rating is needed.

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Last updated 2026-10-30.

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