Yadkin County Veteran Services (Mike Smith, Director), Yadkinville

The office. "This department exists specifically to assist the veterans of Yadkin County and their families with obtaining qualified benefits that help improve their quality of life. We are advocates for our veterans at the federal, state, and local level. Our goal of assisting the public is accomplished through education, outreach, and quality claims work. County Veteran Service Officers (VSO's) are not employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)." The first meeting. The office's Initial Meeting Checklist sorts the visit by need - disability compensation, pension and income-based benefits, VA health care enrolment, the GI Bill and VR&E, home loans and "property tax relief (if applicable in your county)", survivor benefits and DIC, VALife insurance, and employment - and asks the veteran to bring a photo ID, "DD214 (or equivalent separation document)" ("Preferably the Member 4 copy showing character of service and separation details"; one for each period of service), Social Security numbers, and any VA claim number and recent decision letters. Income and medical expense records, and a voided cheque for direct deposit, are needed only for income-based benefits. Who and where. Mike Smith, Director of Veteran Services, and Justin Matejcik, Veteran Service Officer (the Board reclassified the assistant post to Veteran Services Officer, with Mr. Smith as director, in its May 2026 budget work). The Veteran Services page gives 101 S. State Street, P.O. Box 336, Yadkinville, NC 27055; the checklist gives 208 N. Jackson St.; call first. Phone (336) 849-7914, fax (336) 849-7934; [email protected]. Walk-in hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Wednesday by appointment only. The office reaches the VA network through the county's VetraSpec contract (July 2026). The disabled veteran property tax exclusion it certifies is in its own entry.