Vance County Veterans Service Office (Nicola Goslin-Ricks, Veterans Service Officer), Henry A. Dennis Building, Henderson

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Vance County’s Veterans Service Office - Veterans Service Officer Nicola Goslin-Ricks in the Henry A. Dennis Building, 300 S. Garnett Street, Henderson ((252) 438-4619), weekdays 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. - helps veterans and their dependents file for VA disability compensation and pension, survivor benefits, health care, education, home loans and burial benefits, and forwards claims to the State for presentation to the VA.

Also called: Veterans Service Office, Veteran’s Service Office, Veterans Service Officer, CVSO, VSO, Nicola Goslin-Ricks, Henry A. Dennis Building, 300 S. Garnett Street, (252) 438-4619, DD-214, DD-256, burial benefits, Presidential Memorial Certificate, SF 180, NCDMVA grant, Henderson, Kittrell, Middleburg, Townsville, Drewry, Manson, Williamsboro, Kerr Lake.

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

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Vance County, NCCounty

The office. "The Veterans Service Office advises local veterans and their dependents of their rights and entitlements under the various Federal and State laws, counsels them and actively assist them by filling out necessary forms and papers, obtaining documents and affidavits, and forwarding them to the North Carolina Division of Veterans Affairs for review and presentation before the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs." Nicola Goslin-Ricks, Veterans Service Officer; Henry A. Dennis Building, 300 S. Garnett St, Henderson, NC 27536; phone (252) 438-4619, fax (252) 438-6076; Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. What it helps with. The office's Services Provided to Veterans sheet lists VA disability compensation and the non-service-connected pension "for wartime veterans with limited income and are not employable"; dependent and survivor benefits (DIC, death pension, bereavement counselling, education, medical care and home loans); hospital and medical care; education and training; vocational rehabilitation; home loan certificates of eligibility; the State's scholarships for children of certain deceased, disabled or POW/MIA veterans, licences and licence plates; help getting military records from the National Personnel Records Center (SF 180); and help getting official documents from the Register of Deeds. Its Burial Benefits sheet covers headstones and markers, burial flags, Presidential Memorial Certificates and the VA burial allowances, and its DD-214 sheet explains why the discharge is needed for most benefits. Its year. The office's October 2026 monthly report to the Board counts 137 visits and calls, 41 emails, 14 claims filed and 3 intents to file, with 5 veterans newly service connected (10% to 100%) that month. On April 6, 2026 the Board accepted an $18,000 grant from the North Carolina Department of Military and Veterans Affairs for the office, with no county match.

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Thresholds for Vance County Veterans Service Office (Nicola Goslin-Ricks, Veterans Service Officer), Henry A. Dennis Building, Henderson
Gate	Rule
Veterans, dependents and survivors	The office helps file VA and State claims; there is no charge and no rating is needed.

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