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
- O’Connor- February 9, 2015 10:00 am to 11:00 am
- Larry Cox- February 9, 2015 11:30 am to 12:30 pm
- Corryton- February 10, 2015 10:00 am to 11:00 am
- Strang- February 12, 2015 11:00 am to 12:00 pm
- Halls- February 18, 2015 9:00 am to 10:00 am
- Halls-February 19, 2015 2:30 pm to 4:00 pm
“Snack and Learn” with Veterans Services, VA Burial Benefits - South Knox- February 19, 2015 9:00 am to 10:00 am
- VA Outpatient Clinic- February 24, 2015 8:30 am to 9:30 am
- Carter- February 25, 2015 11:30 am to 12:30 pm
- May 4, 2015 5th Annual Medal of Honor Evening, celebrate the life and service of Tennessee’s only living World War II Medal of Honor Recipient, Charles H. Coolidge, of Chattanooga, TN
- April 11, 2014 Mountain Man Memorial March
- April 15, 2015 Honor Air Flight Flight #16
- April 16-17, 2016 Smoky Mountain Air Show
