Veterans Service Officer: Tom Humphries
Deputy Veterans Service Officer: Mark Lett
Mission
The mission of the Veterans Services Office is to assist Veterans and their dependents in filing applications for:
- Service Connected Disability Compensation
- Improved Pension Program with Housebound/Aid and Attendance
- Health Benefits Enrollment
- Burial Benefits, Flags, Headstones, Markers and Military Honors
- Order Replacement Copies of Discharge Papers, Military Records and Service Medical Records
- GI Bill, Vocational Rehabilitation and Dependents Educational Assistance
- VA Insurance Programs
- File Notice of Disagreements and Appeals for Denied Claims
We provide information to Veterans and families on all federal and state benefits earned by Veterans in their service to their country.
Knox County Veterans Services Office Upcoming Events:
VA Benefits Assistance
THE KNOX COUNTY VETERANS SERVICES OFFICE WILL BE AT THE SENIOR CENTERS TO PROVIDE ONE-ON-ONE ASSISTANCE TO VETERANS AND FAMILY MEMBERS. WE WILL EXPLAIN VA BENEFITS, ANSWER QUESTIONS, AND ASSIST VETERANS AND FAMILY MEMBERS WITH FILING FOR THEIR VA BENEFITS
- Vet Center- August 2, 2017 1100 am to 1200 pm
- Corryton- August 8, 2017 10:00 am to 11:00 am
- Strang- August 10, 2017 11:00 am to 12:00 pm
- O’Connor- August 14, 2017 10:00 am to 11:00 am
- Larry Cox- August 14, 2017 11:30 am to 12:30 pm
- Powell-Heiskell Community Center- August 15, 2017 1030 am to 1130 am
- Halls- August 16, 2017 9:00 am to 10:00 am
- South Knox- August 17, 2017 9:00 am to 10:00 am
- South Knox Community Center- August 17, 2017 10:15 am to 11:15 am
- Karns- August 18, 2017 10:00 am to 11:00 am
- VA Outpatient Clinic- August 29, 2017 8:30 to 9:30
- Carter- August 30, 2017 11:30 am to 12:30 pm
- VVA “Captain Bill Robinson” Chapter 1078- Welcome Home Veterans Picnic- September 23, 2017, 11:30-1:30 Chilhowee Park- All Veterans welcome. PLEASE RSVP to VVA1078@gmail.com
- The Wall That Heals— Oct 5-8, 2017
- Annual Veterans Day Parade- November 10, 2017, 10:45 Gay Street, Knoxville Tennessee
