VA Disability Compensation

The Garland County Veteran Service Office, run by Mark Aho on the courthouse first floor at 501 Ouachita, Hot Springs, advises veterans and dependents on benefits under federal, state and local law by appointment, and makes in-home visits for veterans who cannot leave home.

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

Garza County has no veterans page and its FY 2026-2027 adopted budget no veterans department or line; TexVet's county list names Michael Travis (806-495-5115) for Garza, whom no county page names, the Texas Veterans Commission's claims counselors help any veteran free, and the County Judge's office in Post (806-495-4405) 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.

Geauga County's Veterans Service Commission, 12611 Ravenwood Drive, Suite 260, Chardon (440-279-1860), weekdays 8 to 4, files VA claims with accredited service officers, gives temporary help with rent or mortgage, utilities and food to residents of three months who have first asked Job and Family Services and the United Way, drives veterans to the Wade Park VA and five clinics on two weeks' notice, and verifies veterans for the Geauga Veterans Food Pantry.

Geauga County veterans, service members and families. Claims help and rides need no rating. Financial help needs three months in the county, a discharge under honorable conditions (5901.01), proof of need and a request to Job and Family Services and the United Way first.

The Genesee County Veterans Service Agency, under Director William R. Joyce, CSM, USA Retired, at Genesee County Building #2, 3837 West Main Street Road, Batavia (585-815-7905), files claims and conducts all appeal hearings directly in the VA system; its 2024 annual report counts 4,225 contacts and 6,103 client services.

Genesee County veterans, dependents and children. Free claims help at the county agency; no rating or discharge condition is published.

Georgetown County's Veterans Affairs Office, 537 Lafayette Circle, Georgetown (843-545-3330), prepares and prosecutes VA claims and appeals, helps with discharge reviews and record corrections, DD-214 copies, VA health care enrolment, home loan certificates, education benefits and survivors' annuities, and schedules rides to the Charleston VA Medical Center, by appointment, weekdays 8:30 to 5; officer Paige Sawyer.

Georgetown County veterans, dependants and survivors. No rating is needed to ask the office for help; appointments are required.

Gibson County's Veterans Service Office - Veteran Services Officer Bradley Ballentine, a VA-accredited representative, and Belinda Brown, Administrative Assistant, 1252 Manufacturers Row (Suite D per the TDVS roster), Trenton (731-855-7653, [email protected]) - helps with benefits, claims and local resources, Monday to Thursday 8 to 3 by appointment; the office is the county's DD-214 copy route.

Veterans and their families. The office assists Gibson County veterans and their families with benefits, claims and local resources. No rating is needed.

Gillespie County's Veterans Service Officer, Steven McKee, and assistant Michael Cruz help veterans and dependents with federal and State benefits at no charge, by appointment from 8 to 4, at 95 Frederick Road, Suite 200, Fredericksburg (830-997-3758); the county budgets the office at $187,822 for FY2027, and its Veterans Council coordinates the county's veterans' organisations.

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

Goliad County has no stand-alone veterans officer: its Indigent Health and Veteran Services office, Chaliise Mackey, at the Franklin Street Annex, 329 W. Franklin Street, Goliad (361-645-8221), takes veterans' inquiries alongside the county's indigent health care programme, and the county budgets the combined department at $145,187.98 for 2026-2027.

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

Gonzales County keeps a Veterans Service Office in Suite 105 of the Courthouse, 414 St. Joseph Street, Gonzales, which TexVet lists under David B. Tucy at 830-672-3244 ([email protected]); the county budgets $52,024 for it in FY2027. The county's own veterans page is not open to reading, so call first.

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

The Goodhue County Veterans Service Office - County Veterans Service Officer Justin Kent, Assistant CVSO Marissa LaCourt and Administrative Assistant Elizabeth Friis, Government Center, 509 W. 5th St., Lower Level, Red Wing (651-385-3256, fax 651-267-4881, [email protected]), weekdays 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., walk-ins welcome - helps with compensation and disability claims, death and burial benefits, and employment and small-business questions, and certifies the county's veteran property-tax exclusions.

Goodhue County veteran or qualifying family member. The CVSO assists county veterans discharged under other than dishonorable conditions; no rating is needed to call. The rating filter never hides this entry.

Gordon County has no county veterans office; the Georgia Department of Veterans Service's Rome Veterans Field Service Office, 201 Calhoun Avenue, Rome (706-295-6026), serves Floyd, Gordon and Haralson counties with free claims help under Senior Veterans Service Officer and Manager Barry Hunter and Veterans Service Officer April Davenport, weekdays 9 to 4:30 - call or email before visiting.

Veterans, surviving spouses and families. Free help filing VA claims and state benefit requests; no rating is needed to ask.

Grady County has no ODVA office of its own; the department's Southwest Team serves the county for claims help - regional manager Doug Ferguson, (405) 982-2527, with service officers Skylur Britz, Allen Jacobson, Wallace Moore Jr and Jason Payne.

Grady County veterans, surviving spouses and families. Free help filing VA claims and state benefit requests; no rating is needed to ask.

Grand Traverse County's Department of Veterans Affairs, 2650 LaFranier Road, Traverse City (231-995-6070), paid for by a voted veterans millage, files VA claims for Grand Traverse and Leelanau County veterans and families with three accredited officers, sees veterans in Suttons Bay on Tuesdays and at three mobile sites each week, and refers riders to the DAV chapter's van to VA facilities.

Grand Traverse and Leelanau County veterans and families. Free claims help; no rating is needed.

Grant County's veterans service officer, David Jones, works from the American Legion post at 1527 Hwy 270 East, Sheridan, on Tuesdays and Wednesdays and helps county veterans, dependents and survivors with VA claims free; in May 2026 the Quorum Court made the post a $15,000 part-time job.

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

The Grant County Veterans Affairs Office at 401 S. Adams Street, 3rd Floor, Marion (765-651-2423, fax 765-651-2422) helps veterans, spouses, dependents and survivors with federal and state benefits - the county page lists service-connected disability compensation, pensions, survivor benefits, discharge upgrades, burial benefits, property tax abatement, license plates and the Golden Hoosier passport - with hours listed on the page as 8 to 12 and 1 to 4 Monday to Thursday; the Commissioners approved extended hours of 8 to 6 Monday to Thursday on March 16, 2026, so call ahead.

Veterans, dependents and survivors. Any veteran, dependent or survivor in Grant County can use the office. No rating is needed.

The Granville County Veterans Services office, directed by Melissa Purick since 2026, keeps two veterans services officers and offices at 141 Williamsboro Street, Oxford (Monday to Friday, 919-693-1484) and 111 Masonic Street, Creedmoor (Wednesdays), serving as liaisons between veterans and VA.

Granville County veterans, spouses, widows and children. Free claims help at the county office; no rating or discharge condition is published.

Gray County keeps no county veterans service officer and budgets nothing for one; TexVet sends county veterans to the Texas Veterans Commission's Amarillo office (806-468-1885) for claims help, and the county's General Misc. budget gives the Veterans of Foreign Wars $4,500 a year.

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

Greene County's Veterans Service Office in the courthouse, 320 W. Court Street, Room 123, Paragould (870-565-1794), helps veterans and their families apply for VA benefits free; Charlotte Gunn is the officer, with assistant Teresa Goldinger, and the 2026 budget gives the office $145,504.17.

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

Greene County's Veterans Service Office, 101 Longview Drive, Greeneville (423-798-1707), under Director Sonja Forbes with Veterans Service Officer Brad Mattern (appointed July 2026), helps veterans and their dependents claim compensation, pension, widow's pension, education and VA health care, gets military records and medals, and visits funeral homes, hospitals and nursing homes as needed - 182 electronic claims in August 2026 alone.

Greene County veterans and their dependents. Free claims help; no rating is needed to ask.

The Greene County Veteran's Service Agency - Director Tyler Lynch and Deputy Director Arin VanDemark, 300 Route 23B, Leeds (518-943-3703, fax 518-943-1928), under the Department of Human Services - fields accredited veteran service officers for VA claims, runs the Joseph P. Dwyer Vet2Vet peer-support programme (518-719-0020), drives eligible veterans to the Albany Stratton VA Medical Center on weekday mornings, and holds the county's Honor a Vet Memorial Ceremony each May and its Veteran of the Year Ceremony each November.

Any veteran, service member or family. The agency assists Greene County veterans and their families with claims, records, rides and referrals; services are free. No rating is needed.

Greenville County's Veterans Affairs office, directed by Alan Dabney, helps honorably discharged veterans, their families, widows, orphans and parents secure federal and South Carolina benefits, from Suite N-T300 of Greenville County Square, at 864-467-7230.

Greenville County veterans and their families. The office assists honorably discharged service personnel and their families, widows, orphans and parents. No rating is required.

The Greenwood County Veterans Affairs Office - Veteran's Service Officer Rosalind Burke, [email protected], 106 Main Street N, Greenwood (864-450-9268), 9 to 5 Monday to Thursday and 9 to 4 Friday, closed 12 to 1 daily - assists veterans and dependents with VA claims from the Columbia Regional Office to the Board of Veterans' Appeals, records and certifies DD-214s, and keeps the free VA Military Museum.

Veterans and their dependents. The office files VA claims and records and certifies DD-214s for Greenwood County veterans and their dependents; no rating is needed.

Gregg County's Veterans Services office - Kevin Marshall, Veterans Service Officer (903-237-2674), and Angela Stagg, Assistant Veterans Service Officer (903-237-2675) - sits at 100 East Methvin Street, Suite 157, Longview, Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays 8 to 12 and 1 to 5 by appointment and Wednesdays 8 to 12 and 1 to 5 for walk-ins.

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

Grimes County's part-time Veterans Service Officer, Jay Lafferty, helps veterans with VA and State claims from the Justice and Business Center, 270 FM 149 West, Anderson (936-873-4490), Monday to Thursday 9 to 1, reports his calls, visits and claims to the Commissioners Court each month, and advertises the free service; the county budgets the office at $35,010 for FY2027.

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

The Grundy County Veterans Assistance Commission - Superintendent Ken Buck, 1320 Union Street, Morris (815-941-3152, fax 815-513-5018, [email protected], weekdays 9 to 12 and 1 to 4) - is 'an independent county commission that is operated by and for veterans', acting as central service office for the county's six member organizations (Mazon American Legion #352, Morris American Legion #294, Morris AMVETS #0053, Coal City VFW #1336, Disabled American Veterans #86 and Minooka American Legion Post #1188), assisting with all VA claims work and distributing relief, with enrollment, compensation and pension claims, non-emergency transportation to VA medical centers, financial assistance for basic needs, GI Bill and burial benefits, military record retrieval and IDVA referrals.

Veterans honorably discharged and their families. The commission promotes the welfare of honorably discharged veterans and their families; programmes require proof of service and honorable discharge (DD-214), which the office can help retrieve.

Hale County Veteran Services, led by Veteran Service Officer Heather Nebolsky (806-291-5301), helps veterans and survivors with VA and State claims; the county budgets $111,712 for the office in 2027, an officer and a 30-hour clerk, and the officer reports to the Commissioners Court each quarter.

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

Hall County has no veterans page and names no veterans service officer, but its 2026-2027 budget, adopted on the September 14, 2026 agenda, carries a $1,000 "Veterans Service Officer" line (fuel, education and supplies, no salary), down from $2,000; TexVet lists George Hall, Donley County's officer, for Hall at (806) 205-1015, and the County Judge's office in Memphis (806-259-2511) 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.

Hamblen County's Veterans Service Officer, Timothy Williams (appointed 2018), works from the second floor of the historic Hamblen County Courthouse, 511 West Second North Street, Morristown (423-586-6830, fax 423-585-4095, [email protected]), Monday to Thursday 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., helping veterans and their families obtain the benefits they are entitled to.

Hamblen County veterans and families. Free claims help; no rating or discharge condition is published.

Hamilton County's Veteran Services Office in Noblesville files VA compensation, appeals, DIC and pension claims by appointment only, and takes the county burial benefit of $500. Its page sets a one-year deadline for the burial benefit that IC 10-17-10 does not. Call 317-776-9610.

Veterans, spouses, dependents and survivors. Claims help is free; the burial benefit is $500. No rating is needed.

Hamilton County's Veterans Services Office in Chattanooga helps veterans and dependents file for VA compensation, pension with Aid and Attendance, health care, burial benefits, the GI Bill and VA insurance, and files appeals, free. Its service officer is accredited through four organizations. Call 423-209-7884.

Hamilton County veterans and dependents. For residents of Hamilton County. No rating is needed.

Hamilton County keeps no county veterans service officer: its site, its October 27, 2026 county directory and its 2026-27 budget name none, and TexVet's statewide list sends Hamilton County veterans to the Texas Veterans Commission's Dallas office (214-857-0444); ask the Commission where its nearest counselor sees Hamilton County veterans.

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

Hancock County's Veterans Service Office, Memorial Building, Suite 211, 98 East North Street, Greenfield (317-462-8767), helps veterans and families with VA and Indiana benefit claims, free, by appointment from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on weekdays; officers Robert (Bob) Workman and Patrick Cooper, whom the State found meeting its new accreditation standards in January 2026.

Veterans and families. Free claims help; no rating is needed to ask.

Hancock County's Veteran Services Office, 854 Highway 90, Suite A, Bay Saint Louis (228-467-2100), under Director of Veterans Services Jason Weaver, advises veterans, service members, surviving spouses and veteran's families on their State and federal entitlements, completes eligibility forms and supports VA claims; Monday to Friday 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., walk-ins welcomed.

Hancock County veterans, service members, surviving spouses and families. Anyone can ask the office for claims help. No rating is needed.

Hancock County's Veterans Service Office, 1100 E. Main Cross Street, Suite 123, Findlay, files VA claims, gets discharge papers (often within a day), and under its commission's guidelines gives temporary help with rent or mortgage, utilities, food and fuel and some home and car repairs, normally for no more than four months; it also has a caregiver coordinator and peer programmes. 419-424-7036.

Veterans and families. Claims help is open to any veteran or family member; financial help follows the commission guidelines and a household financial disclosure. No rating is needed.

Hansford County's Veterans Service Officer page names Tim Glass, who is also the County Judge, as Veteran Service Officer at the courthouse, 16 NW Court St., Spearman (806-659-4100); the FY 2026-2027 budget carries $2,400 for the officer, $500 of office expense and $1,500 of training, and a $10,000 Veteran Van line. TexVet names Benny Wilson at the courthouse number.

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

Hardeman County has no veterans page, names no veterans service officer and keeps no veterans line in its 2026-2027 adopted budget; TexVet's county list gives the Texas Veterans Commission's Lubbock office ((806) 472-3490) for Hardeman, and the County Judge's office in Quanah ((940) 663-2911) 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.

Hardin County's Veterans Service Office - Veterans Service Officer Kristen H. White, Hardin County Annex, 1135 Redwood Street, Kountze (409-246-5126), appointments Monday to Thursday 8 a.m. to noon - helps veterans, dependents and survivors claim VA, State and county benefits; the FY2027 budget doubles the office to two part-time officers.

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

Harrison County's Veterans Service Officer, Marie Gilliam, at the Harrison County Annex, P.O. Box 1981, Marshall (903-935-8415 ext. 1290), helps veterans and survivors with VA claims and benefits, 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays; Kerry Easley (ext. 1291), a Texas Veterans Commission Veterans Counselor, works from the same office.

Harrison County veterans, survivors and families. Free claims help through the county service officer and the housed TVC counselor; no rating is needed to ask.

Hartley County budgets a Veteran Services department of $15,597.09 - a $12,227.55 service officer's salary with payroll costs and $600 of office expense - for 2025-2026 and again in its 2026-2027 proposed budget, but its site has no veterans page and names no officer; TexVet's county list names Ron Howell, (806) 244-4717, [email protected], and the County Judge's office in Channing (806-235-3442) 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.

Haskell County's Veterans Services page is empty and names no officer, but its 2024-2025 adopted budget (the latest it posts) carries a Veterans' Services department of $2,700 with one "Vet Service Officer" position paid $1,500; TexVet's county list names Clifton Morris (940-256-1467) for Haskell, and the County Judge's office in Haskell (940-864-2851) 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.

Hawkins County's Veterans Service Office, Courthouse, 100 East Main Street, Room 218, Rogersville (423-272-5077), prepares and files VA compensation, pension and DIC claims and helps with education, home loans, health care, vocational rehabilitation, burial and records, free; Mike Manning is service officer, Monday to Friday 8 to 4, closed noon to 1.

Hawkins County veterans and survivors. Free claims help; no rating is needed to ask.

Hays County's veterans county service office helps veterans and dependents file claims, appeals and VA health applications and find housing, financial and education help, from Suite 100 of the Government Center annex at 111 E. San Antonio Street in San Marcos. Call 512-392-8387.

Veterans and their dependents. For Hays County veterans and their dependents. No rating is needed.

Haywood County Veterans Services, 63 Elmwood Way, Suite B, Waynesville (828-452-6634), run by Director Captain Stephen J. Allred with Veterans Officer Debbie Caldwell, helps veterans and their dependents apply for VA compensation, pension, medical care, education, home loans, burial benefits and discharge upgrades - about 85 claims a month, and $44.9 million in VA payments to county veterans and dependents in 2024 by the office's count.

Haywood County veterans and their dependents. Free; no rating is needed to ask.

Hempstead County's veterans service officer, Donna Rosenbaum, at 200 E. 3rd St., Hope ((870) 359-0181), helps county veterans, dependents and survivors with VA claims free on Monday, Tuesday and by appointment on Wednesday; her office also runs a van to the VA hospital in Little Rock.

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

Henderson County Veterans Services, 900 North Main Street, Hendersonville, (828) 694-6500, counsels veterans and dependants and helps them obtain VA and North Carolina benefits, with walk-in hours Monday 9 to 11 and 2 to 4 and Tuesday and Wednesday 9 to 11; its officers filed 1,173 claim documents in a year and certify the disabled veteran property tax forms.

Veterans, dependants and survivors. Free; no rating is needed.

Henderson County's Veterans Services office, Room 108, 125 N. Prairieville Street, Athens, 903-675-6109, Monday to Wednesday 8 to 4, advocates for the veteran and their dependents through VA and State benefit applications - compensation and pension, disability retirement, DIC, appeals, hospital and outpatient benefits, education and vocational benefits, debt waivers, military records and awards, discharge review, insurance claims and burial allowance.

Henderson County veterans and their dependents. No rating is needed to ask the office for help.

Hendricks County Veterans Services, the county veterans service officer's office in the Government Center at 355 S. Washington St., Suite 110, Danville, helps veterans and families claim federal and Indiana benefits and helps disabled veterans file State Form 12662 for the 2026 property tax deduction and credits by January 15, 2027; 317-745-9239, Monday to Wednesday 8 to 4.

Veterans, dependents and survivors. Any veteran, dependent or survivor in Hendricks County can use the office. No rating is needed.

Hennepin County's veterans service office, staffed by accredited veterans, helps veterans, survivors and families claim VA compensation, pension with Aid and Attendance, health care and the State's grants, free, and works with veterans who are homeless or at risk. Start with its online intake form, [email protected] or 612-348-3300; a representative calls back within three business days.

Hennepin County veterans, survivors and family members. For residents of Hennepin County. No rating is needed.