VA Disability Compensation

Elkhart County Veterans Services, County Administration Building, 117 N. Second Street, Goshen, is the county veterans service office; Director James Snowden, (574) 523-2342, Monday 8 to 5 and Tuesday to Friday 8 to 4.

Veterans and dependents. Any veteran or dependent in Elkhart County can use the office. No rating is needed.

Elmore County employs its own Veterans Service Officer, Daniel Crandall, 515 East 2nd South, Mountain Home (208-587-2130 ext. 1296), who helps veterans and their dependants prepare VA claims, free, Monday to Friday 8 to 5; Mountain Home Air Force Base's veterans and retirees in the county use the same office.

Elmore County veterans and dependants. Free claims help; no rating is needed to ask.

The Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs runs the Elmore County veterans service office in the courthouse at 100 East Commerce Street, Wetumpka, with service officer Jessica Senteno; 334-567-1156 ext 5016.

Veterans, dependents and survivors. Open to any veteran, dependent or survivor. No rating is needed.

Erath County's Veterans' Service Office - Veteran Services Officer Josh Smith, Erath County Courthouse, first floor west side, Room 111, 100 W. Washington St., Stephenville (254-965-1443), Monday to Thursday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., walk-ins welcome - files VA and State claims free and visits home-bound veterans; the county budgeted the office at $47,620 for FY2026, most of it part-time pay.

Veterans, dependents and survivors. The office helps any veteran, dependent or survivor with VA and State claims. No rating is needed.

Erie County's Veteran Service Commission meets the first and third Monday of each month at 3:00 p.m. at 2900 Columbus Avenue, second floor, Room 237, Sandusky, and its office answers (419) 627-7763 and toll-free 1-888-399-6065.

Erie County veterans, their dependants and survivors. No rating is needed to ask the office for help.

The Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs runs the Etowah County veterans service office at 800 Forrest Avenue, Gadsden, with service officer Kevin Martin; 256-549-5458.

Veterans, dependents and survivors. Open to any veteran, dependent or survivor. No rating is needed.

Falls County has no veterans service office on its site or in its budget; TexVet's statewide list names County Judge Jay T. Elliott, at the judge's office number (254-883-1426), as the county's contact, and the county's resources placard sends veterans to VA and Texas Veterans Commission offices in Waco.

Veterans, dependents and survivors. The office helps any veteran, dependent or survivor with VA and State claims. No rating is needed.

Fannin County Veteran Services - Paul Chandler, VCSO, (903) 912-0036, [email protected], by appointment only - helps veterans, dependents and survivors pursue VA and State benefits; it is a budgeted county department ($79,792 for FY2027), and its 2025 summary counts 1,506 contacts and a Board of Veterans' Appeals win worth $119,829.42 in back pay.

Veterans, dependents and survivors. The office helps any veteran, dependent or survivor with VA and State claims. No rating is needed.

Faulkner County's veteran services office at 714 Locust Street, Conway, run by county veterans service officers Terry Hooten and Carey (Andy) Bollinger under the Arkansas Department of Veterans Affairs, helps veterans and dependents prepare claims; 501-329-5945.

Veterans, dependents and survivors. Open to any veteran, dependent or survivor. No rating is needed.

The Fayette County Veteran Services office, County Service Officer Alexander C. Jones, 16265 Hwy 64, P.O. Box 863, Somerville (901-465-5256, fax 901-465-5075), Monday and Tuesday by appointment 8:30 to 6, files compensation, pension, burial, education and insurance claims and orders replacement discharge papers, military records and service medical records.

Fayette County veteran or dependent. The office files claims for veterans and their dependents; no rating is needed to call. The rating filter never hides this entry.

Fayette County's Veterans Service Officer, Jesse Lednicky, helps veterans, widows and children of veterans with VA claims at 255 Svoboda Lane, La Grange (979-968-5254), seeing them in the office, in other towns, in hospitals, in jail and in nursing homes; the county budgets the office at $42,046 for 2026 and proposed $43,953 for 2027.

Veterans, dependents and survivors. The office helps any veteran, dependent or survivor with VA and State claims. No rating is needed.

The claim is the same claim; the examination is the bottleneck. Contract examiners fly in, and American Samoa claims needing an exam averaged 233 days in fiscal year 2023 against VA’s 125-day goal.

The claim rules are federal and unchanged. Living in American Samoa changes no part of the eligibility test, the rating schedule, or the appeal routes. Only the logistics differ.

Guam has contracted examiners on island, which is why its claim timelines are the best in the Pacific territories, and 4,631 veterans living in Guam drew disability compensation in fiscal 2023.

The claim rules are federal and unchanged. Living on Guam changes no part of the eligibility test, the rating schedule, or the appeal routes.

Claims go to the Honolulu regional office. The examination is the constraint: Commonwealth veterans are sometimes flown to Guam to see a contracted examiner, and claims needing an exam averaged 227 days in fiscal 2023.

The claim rules are federal and unchanged. Living in the Commonwealth changes no part of the eligibility test, the rating schedule, or the appeal routes. Only the logistics differ.

Fisher County has no veterans page and its FY 2026-2027 adopted budget no veterans department or line; TexVet's county list names no local officer for Fisher, only Workforce Solutions of Concho Valley ((325) 659-6560), the Texas Veterans Commission's claims counselors help any veteran free, and the County Judge's office in Roby (325-776-2151) is the county's general contact.

Veterans, dependents and survivors. The office helps any veteran, dependent or survivor with VA and State claims. No rating is needed.

Florence County's Veterans Affairs office, 707 East National Cemetery Road, Florence, 843-665-3045, helps veterans and families with VA claims and benefits; by the administrator's report it served veterans from 17 other counties in 2025, and the county budgets $424,402 for it in 2026-27.

Veterans and families. No rating is needed.

Floyd County's Veterans Service Office, City-County Building, 311 Hauss Square, Room 100, New Albany (812-948-5495), helps veterans and families with VA health care and claims, Monday to Friday 8 to 4; service officer Marti Snyder and assistant Aaron Hill, whom the State's accreditation review in March 2026 found fully compliant.

Veterans and their families. Any veteran or family member in Floyd County can use the office. No rating is needed.

Floyd County's Veteran Service Officer, Letesha Gaither, keeps an office in the courthouse in Floydada (Room 112, 806-402-2023) and one at the J.P. office in Lockney (806-652-3622), cell 806-729-5974, [email protected]; the 2026-2027 budget pays a part-time officer from the County Judge's department (29 hours a week at $11.25 an hour, $16,965) with $1,500 for supplies and $4,000 for mileage.

Veterans, dependents and survivors. The office helps any veteran, dependent or survivor with VA and State claims. No rating is needed.

Forrest County's Veterans Service Office, 1200 Corinne Street, Hattiesburg (601-583-4521), files veterans' claims and reports to the Board of Supervisors monthly; Russ Williams has been the Veterans Service Officer since mid-2026, after Gerald Britt, the officer of the spring reports, died in office.

Forrest County veterans, dependants and survivors. Free claims help; no rating or discharge condition is published.

Franklin County's veterans service officer, Tommy Hughes, at 211 W. Commercial Street in Ozark (479-667-4677, [email protected]), helps county veterans, dependents and survivors with VA claims free, Tuesday to Thursday 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and at the Charleston courthouse by appointment; the State's finder still lists the post as empty.

Veterans, dependents and survivors. Open to any veteran, dependent or survivor. No rating is needed.

Franklin County's Veterans Service Office at 839 Dinah Shore Boulevard, Winchester (931-967-9322) helps veterans and dependents file VA claims; Bobby Ray Clark is Director and County Service Officer and Michelle Stovall, appointed County Service Representative by the County Commission on March 23, 2026, is the second officer, with Dana Hereford the administrative assistant; Monday to Thursday 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Friday closed to work claims.

Franklin County veterans and dependents. Free claims help; no rating or discharge condition is published.

Franklin County's Veterans Service Officer, Dean Gray, helps veterans and their families with VA claims, appeals, records, education, home loans and travel claims, in the office at 208 TX Highway 37, Mount Vernon, on Tuesday and Friday afternoons and visiting homebound veterans on the other weekdays (951-265-2872); the county pays the part-time post $7,200 in its 2027 budget.

Veterans, dependents and survivors. The office helps any veteran, dependent or survivor with VA and State claims. No rating is needed.

Franklin County's veteran service officer is John Lefebvre, the Benton & Franklin County Veteran Service Officer, at the Columbia Basin Veterans Center, 1020 S 7th Ave., Pasco (509-545-6558 x23), an office the county funds through its Veterans Assistance Fund and houses under a lease and 2026 memorandum of understanding with the Center.

Franklin County veterans and their family members. Free claims help from the county-funded VSO; no rating is needed to ask.

Franklin County Veterans Services, 279 S. Bickett Boulevard, Room 200, Louisburg (919-496-1939), with Director and Veterans Services Officer Brenda Wilkins, helps veterans, dependents and survivors, Reserve and Guard members and active-duty service members apply for VA and North Carolina benefits, and certifies the State's disabled veteran property tax form; claims by appointment.

Franklin County veterans, dependents, survivors and service members. Free claims help; no rating is needed to ask.

The Franklin County Veterans Services Agency - Director Jason Murray and Veterans Service Aide Robbin Roser, 355 West Main Street, Suite 200, Malone (518-481-1538/1540, fax 518-481-1623, [email protected]), under the Human Services division - represents claimants before the Department of Veterans Affairs for compensation, pensions, death pensions, medical care, burial benefits and grave markers, life insurance, education and vocational rehabilitation, home loan guarantees, military records, real property tax exemptions and the blind annuity, and follows any claim to final disposition.

Any Franklin County veteran, dependent or survivor. The agency represents claimants before VA and follows every claim to final disposition; the service is free. No rating is needed.

Freestone County's part-time Veterans Service Officer, Willie Snead, helps veterans and survivors with VA and State claims at 800 Main Street, Teague (254-739-2518) on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday and at Annex II in Fairfield on Wednesday mornings; the county budgets the office at $18,379 for FY2027, the officer paid $12 an hour.

Veterans, dependents and survivors. The office helps any veteran, dependent or survivor with VA and State claims. No rating is needed.

Fremont County's Veterans Service Office, Room 203 of the administration building, 615 Macon Avenue, Cañon City (719-276-7400), helps veterans, survivors and their families file VA and State claims free, Monday to Thursday 8 to 4 by appointment, and travels to veterans' homes; service officers Cheryl Baur and John Grooms. It also hosts a monthly women veterans' coffee.

Veterans, survivors and their families. Any discharged veteran, surviving spouse or other proper claimant; no rating is needed.

Frio County's Veterans Service Officer, Christopher Ramirez, helps veterans and their families with VA and State claims at 650 E San Antonio, Pearsall ((830) 505-7672), weekdays 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; the county budgets $83,712 for the office in FY2027, including a $20,000 line for a veterans service driver.

Veterans, dependents and survivors. The office helps any veteran, dependent or survivor with VA and State claims. No rating is needed.

Fulton County's Veteran Service Office in Salem ((870) 895-3900, [email protected]) helps county veterans, dependents and survivors with VA claims free; the State's finder names Terri Crow as officer on Tuesday to Thursday, the county's page still names Ric Bolton, and the 2026 budget gives the office $22,178.22.

Veterans, dependents and survivors. Open to any veteran, dependent or survivor. No rating is needed.

The Fulton County Veterans Service Agency, 2712 State Highway 29, PO Box 127, Johnstown (518-736-5651, fax 518-736-5960, [email protected]), Monday to Friday 8 to 4, renders services to an estimated 4,000 veterans discharged under other than dishonorable conditions and their families throughout Fulton and Hamilton Counties - Director Ian Pitcavage, appointed January 2, 2026 for 2026-2027, with a professionally trained and accredited service officer.

Fulton and Hamilton County veterans discharged under other than dishonorable conditions, and their families. Free help with any claim; no rating is needed to ask.

Worth County's claims office is the Georgia Department of Veterans Service's Albany Veterans Field Service Office - Veterans Service Officer and Manager Corey Ware (229-430-3567) and Veterans Service Officer Robert Macklin (229-430-3547), 1705 S. Slappey Boulevard, Albany, GA 31701, "Temporary Relocation during Renovations ... Located in room 113 at Albany Technical College" - which the GDVS's list serves "Dougherty, Lee, Terrell, and Worth"; arriving veterans are asked to call (229) 430-3567 to be escorted in, Monday to Friday 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and online scheduling runs through the GDVS's ReFrame link.

Any Worth County veteran or family member. GDVS service officers file claims for any veteran or family member; the service is free. No rating is needed.

Lee County's claims route is the Georgia Department of Veterans Service's Albany Veterans Field Service Office - Veterans Service Officer and Manager Corey Ware (229-430-3567) and Veterans Service Officer Robert Macklin (229-430-3547), 1705 S. Slappey Boulevard, Albany, GA 31701, Room 113 at Albany Technical College during renovations - which the GDVS's list serves "Dougherty, Lee, Terrell, Worth"; walk-ins are accepted with an on-arrival call to be escorted in, Monday to Friday 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Any Lee County veteran or family member. GDVS service officers file claims for any veteran or family member; the service is free. No rating is needed.

Crisp County's claims route is the Georgia Department of Veterans Service's Americus Veterans Field Service Office - Senior Veterans Service Officer and Manager Melissa Ingle (229-931-2546), 1601 North Martin Luther King Jr., Blvd, Americus, GA 31719 - which the GDVS's list serves "Crisp, Dooly, Macon, Marion, Schley, Sumter, and Webster"; appointments are preferred with walk-ins accepted as time permits, Monday to Friday 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Any Crisp County veteran or family member. GDVS service officers file claims for any veteran or family member; the service is free. No rating is needed.

Sumter County's claims office is in the county seat: the Georgia Department of Veterans Service's Americus Veterans Field Service Office - Senior Veterans Service Officer and Manager Melissa Ingle (229-931-2546), 1601 North Martin Luther King Jr., Blvd, Americus, GA 31719 - which the GDVS's list serves "Crisp, Dooly, Macon, Marion, Schley, Sumter, and Webster"; 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.

Any Sumter County veteran or family member. GDVS service officers file claims for any veteran or family member; the service is free. No rating is needed.

Oglethorpe County's claims office is the Georgia Department of Veterans Service's Athens Veterans Field Service Office - Veterans Service Officer and Manager Matt Williamson and Veterans Service Officer Carie Lince (706-733-0188, ext. 45575), 9249 U.S. Highway 29, Athens, GA 30601 - which the GDVS's list serves "Barrow, Clarke, Hart, Jackson, Madison, Oconee, and Oglethorpe"; appointments are preferred and walk-ins are 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.

Any Oglethorpe County veteran or family member. GDVS service officers file claims for any veteran or family member; the service is free. No rating is needed.

Hart County's claims route is the Georgia Department of Veterans Service's Athens Veterans Field Service Office - Veterans Service Officer and Manager Matt Williamson and Veterans Service Officer Carie Lince (706-733-0188, ext. 45575), 9249 U.S. Highway 29, Athens, GA 30601 - which the GDVS's list serves "Barrow, Clarke, Hart, Jackson, Madison, Oconee, Oglethorpe"; the county's own Department Directory also carries a "VeteransServices" line, (706) 376-4461, the GDVS benefits office the county's resource directories place in the Hart County Courthouse at 185 W. Franklin St. (open Tuesdays and Wednesdays 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. per the county schools' resource handbook), with the GDVS's own hartwell page now answering "You are not authorized to access this page."

Any Hart County veteran or family member. GDVS service officers file claims for any veteran or family member; the service is free. No rating is needed.

Madison County's claims route is the Georgia Department of Veterans Service's Athens Veterans Field Service Office - Veterans Service Officer and Manager Matt Williamson and Veterans Service Officer Carie Lince (706-733-0188, ext. 45575), 9249 U.S. Highway 29, Athens, GA 30601 - which the GDVS's list serves "Barrow, Clarke, Hart, Jackson, Madison, Oconee, Oglethorpe"; appointments are preferred with walk-ins accepted as time permits, Monday to Friday 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Any Madison County veteran or family member. GDVS service officers file claims for any veteran or family member; the service is free. No rating is needed.

Oconee County's claims route is the Georgia Department of Veterans Service's Athens Veterans Field Service Office - Veterans Service Officer and Manager Matt Williamson (706-733-0188, ext. 45575) and Veterans Service Officer Carie Lince (the same line), 9249 U.S. Highway 29, Athens, GA 30601 - which the GDVS's list serves "Barrow, Clarke, Hart, Jackson, Madison, Oconee, and Oglethorpe"; appointments are preferred and walk-ins are accepted as time permits, Monday to Friday 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Any Oconee County veteran or family member. GDVS service officers file claims for any veteran or family member; the service is free. No rating is needed.

McDuffie County's claims route is the Georgia Department of Veterans Service's Augusta-DHS Veterans Field Service Office - Veterans Service Officer and Manager David Flanagan (404-450-6809), 520 Fenwick St, Augusta, GA 30901 - which the GDVS's list serves "Columbia and McDuffie"; appointments are preferred with walk-ins accepted as time permits, Monday to Friday 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Any McDuffie County veteran or family member. GDVS service officers file claims for any veteran or family member; the service is free. No rating is needed.

Decatur County's claims office is in the county seat: the Georgia Department of Veterans Service's Bainbridge Veterans Field Service Office - Veterans Service Officer and Manager Lakesha Green (404-804-6020), 505 Wheat Ave, Bainbridge, GA 39819, located in room 28 - which the GDVS's list serves "Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Decatur, Early, Miller, Quitman, Randolph, and Seminole"; appointments are preferred with walk-ins accepted, Monday to Friday 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and online scheduling runs through the GDVS's ReFrame link.

Any Decatur County veteran or family member. GDVS service officers file claims for any veteran or family member; the service is free. No rating is needed.

Towns County's claims office is the Georgia Department of Veterans Service's Blairsville Veterans Field Service Office - Veterans Service Officer and Manager Eddie Fontaine (ext. 344584) and Veterans Service Officer 2 Christine Collins (ext. 344583) at (706) 835-3980, 1294 Georgia Highway 515 East, Blairsville, GA 30512 - which the GDVS's list serves "Fannin, Rabun, Towns, and Union"; appointments are preferred and walk-ins are accepted as time permits, Monday to Friday 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., and online scheduling runs through the GDVS's ReFrame link.

Any Towns County veteran or family member. GDVS service officers file claims for any veteran or family member; the service is free. No rating is needed.

Union County's claims office is in the county seat: the Georgia Department of Veterans Service's Blairsville Veterans Field Service Office - Veterans Service Officer and Manager Eddie Fontaine (706-835-3980, ext. 344584) and Veterans Service Officer 2 Christine Collins (ext. 344583), 1294 Georgia Highway 515 East, Blairsville, GA 30512 - which the GDVS's list serves "Fannin, Rabun, Towns, Union"; appointments are preferred and walk-ins are accepted as time permits, Monday to Friday 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Any Union County veteran or family member. GDVS service officers file claims for any veteran or family member; the service is free. No rating is needed.

Rabun County's claims route is the Georgia Department of Veterans Service's Blairsville Veterans Field Service Office - Veterans Service Officer and Manager Eddie Fontaine (706-835-3980, ext. 344584) and Veterans Service Officer 2 Christine Collins (ext. 344583), 1294 Georgia Highway 515 East, Blairsville, GA 30512 - which the GDVS's list serves "Fannin, Rabun, Towns, Union"; appointments are preferred with walk-ins accepted as time permits, Monday to Friday 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Any Rabun County veteran or family member. GDVS service officers file claims for any veteran or family member; the service is free. No rating is needed.

Fannin County's claims route is the Georgia Department of Veterans Service's Blairsville Veterans Field Service Office - Veterans Service Officer and Manager Eddie Fontaine (706-835-3980, ext. 344584) and Veterans Service Officer 2 Christine Collins (ext. 344583), 1294 Georgia Highway 515 East, Blairsville, GA 30512 - which the GDVS's list serves "Fannin, Rabun, Towns, and Union"; appointments are preferred and walk-ins are accepted as time permits, Monday to Friday 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Any Fannin County veteran or family member. GDVS service officers file claims for any veteran or family member; the service is free. No rating is needed.

Polk County's claims route is in the county: the Georgia Department of Veterans Service's Cedartown Veterans Field Service Office - Veterans Service Officer and Manager Tomeika Johnson and Veterans Service Officer Steve Rood (770-749-2209), 142 West Ave., Cedartown, GA 30125 - which the GDVS's list serves "Polk" alone; the county hosts the office itself, renewing the State's lease on the building at a token $10 a year, and appointments are preferred with walk-ins accepted as time permits, Monday to Friday 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Any Polk County veteran or family member. GDVS service officers file claims for any veteran or family member; the service is free. No rating is needed.

Murray County's claims route is the Georgia Department of Veterans Service's Dalton Veterans Field Service Office - Veterans Service Officer and Manager Kelly Johnson and Veterans Service Officer 2 Elizabeth Humble (706-272-2355), 305 Point North Place, Suite 7, Dalton, GA 30720 - which the GDVS's list serves "Catoosa, Murray, and Whitfield"; appointments are preferred and walk-ins are accepted as time permits, Monday to Friday 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Any Murray County veteran or family member. GDVS service officers file claims for any veteran or family member; the service is free. No rating is needed.

Habersham County's claims office is in the county: the Georgia Department of Veterans Service's Demorest Veterans Field Service Office - Veterans Service Officer and Manager John Giddens (706-894-1049), 185 Scoggins Dr., Demorest, GA 30535, Suite B, co-located inside the Habersham County Health Department - which the GDVS's list serves "Banks, Franklin, Habersham, Stephens, White"; appointments are preferred and walk-ins are accepted as time permits, Monday to Friday 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The office's building is the county's own doing: the Board of Commissioners' March 16, 2026 agenda carried the "Agreement to Lease 217 Scoggins Drive to the State Properties Commission for Use by the Department of Veteran Services".

Any Habersham County veteran or family member. GDVS service officers file claims for any veteran or family member; the service is free. No rating is needed.

Franklin County's claims office is the Georgia Department of Veterans Service's Demorest Veterans Field Service Office - Veterans Service Officer and Manager John Giddens (706-894-1049), 185 Scoggins Dr., Demorest, GA 30535 - which the GDVS's list serves "Banks, Franklin, Habersham, Stephens, and White"; appointments are preferred and walk-ins are 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; the page's note seats the office "in Suite B ... co-located inside the Habersham County Health Department."

Any Franklin County veteran or family member. GDVS service officers file claims for any veteran or family member; the service is free. No rating is needed.