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
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial Dedication Ceremony - World’s Fair Park, Tuesday August 2, 2022 at 9:30 AM
- West Knox - August 11, 2022 11:00 am to 11:30 am
- Halls - August 17, 2022 9:00 to 9:30
- Corryton - September 13, 2022 10:00 am to 10:30 am
- Karns - September 23, 2022 10:00 am to 10:30 am
- O’Connor - October 11, 2022 10:00 am to 10:30 am
- South Knox - October 20, 2022 9:00 am to 9:30 am
- Carter - October 26, 2022 11:30 am 12:00 pm
- West Knox - November 10, 2022 11:00 am to 11:30 am
- Veterans Days Flag Placement East TN Veteran’s Cemeteries - November 5, 2022
- American Legion Post #2 Annual Veterans Day Parade - November 11, 2022
- Halls - November 16, 2022 9:00 to 9:30
- Corryton - December 13, 2022 10:00 am to 10:30 am
- Karns - December 16, 2022 10:00 am to 10:30 am
- Wreathes Across America - December 17, 2022 at Noon. East Tennessee Veterans Cemeteries on Lyons View Pike and John Sevier Highway and the Knoxville National Cemetery on Tyson Street.
