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
- South Knox - October 20, 2021 9:00 am to 9:30 am
- Carter - October 27, 2021 11:30 am 12:00 pm
- Veterans Day Flag Placement at the East Tennessee Veterans Cemeteries - Lyons View Pike and John Sevier Highway- November 6, 2021
- American Legion Post 2 Veterans Day Parade - November 11, 2021 at 10:40 am Gay Street, Downtown Knoxville
- Halls - November 17, 2021 9:00 to 9:30
- West Knox - November 18, 2021 11:00 am to 11:30 am
- Corryton - December 14, 2021 10:00 am to 10:30 am
- Karns - December 17, 2021 10:00 am to 10:30 am
- Wreathes Across America - Knoxville National Cemetery, East Tennessee Veterans Cemeteries-Lyons View Pike and John Sevier Highway. December 18, 2021 at 12:00 pm
