Tuscola County Veterans Affairs (John W. Boggs, Director; Teressa Bonesteel, VSO; Jessica Johnson, Office Manager)

Tuscola County Veterans Affairs - Director John W. Boggs (a U.S. Army veteran and NACVSO member), Veterans Service Officer Teressa Bonesteel and Office Manager Jessica Johnson at 1309 Cleaver Road, Suite B, Caro (989-673-8148, fax 989-673-0045) - weekdays 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. with a late clinic to 6 p.m. the first and second Tuesdays - filed 439 VA claims and recorded 1,006 office visits in fiscal 2025, and its work put over 35 million VA dollars into county veterans' hands that year.

Also called: TCVA, Veterans Affairs, John Boggs, John W. Boggs, Teressa Bonesteel, Jessica Johnson, 989-673-8148, 989-673-0045, 1309 Cleaver Road, Suite B, Caro, Health Department, DAV, claims, accredited, 35.601, Caro, Vassar, Cass City, Millington, Reese, Unionville, Akron, Fairgrove, Kingston, Gagetown, Mayville, Deford.

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

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Tuscola County, MICounty

The office. Tuscola County Veterans Affairs, 1309 Cleaver Road Ste B, Caro, MI 48723 - the office sits beside the Tuscola County Health Department, which hosts its pages; phone (989) 673-8148 (the department line) and (989) 673-8114, fax (989) 673-0045; "Monday - Friday: 8AM - 4PM, 1st & 2nd Tuesday Late Clinic: 10AM-6PM". "Tuscola County Veterans Affairs (TCVA) is a local, community-based resource for veterans of all generations who have served the nation fighting its wars and keeping peace. TCVA should be the first and most frequent point of contact for veterans, family members and caregivers as they navigate the complex intergovernmental chain of veterans services and resources." The county department exists under the county department of veterans affairs act (MCL 35.601; see the Michigan entry on the director's duties and the veterans relief fund, 35.21). The staff. Director John W. Boggs - "US Army Veteran", a NACVSO-listed Tuscola County Veteran Service Officer - directs the office and its grants; Veterans Service Officer Teressa Bonesteel and Office Manager Jessica Johnson (part-time in 2025, full-time in 2026) complete the three-person office, which has been three staffed since 2017. "We have enough veterans in our county that this has to be a three-person office," Boggs told The Advertiser. "We have to be here." The work. "In fiscal year 2025, the office filed 439 claims with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and recorded 1,006 office visits. About 45% of those visits were from veterans aged 70 or older. The office also submitted 86 Veterans Affairs healthcare applications for veterans and their spouses. Also in fiscal year 2025, over $35 million was provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs to veterans and their families in Tuscola County." The office celebrated its new space at 1309 Cleaver Road Suite A with an open house May 30, 2025, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. A pair of Disabled American Veterans vehicles are on loan to the local office for the VA-facility rides, and Boggs has said millage funds would go toward replacing at least one of them.

Thresholds

Thresholds for Tuscola County Veterans Affairs (John W. Boggs, Director; Teressa Bonesteel, VSO; Jessica Johnson, Office Manager)
Gate	Rule
Tuscola County veteran or qualifying family member	The county VA files claims free; no rating is needed to schedule. The rating filter never hides this entry.

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