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- April 11, 2023 10:00 am to 10:30 am
- South Knox-April 20, 2023 9:00 am to 9:30 am
- Carter-April 26, 2023 11:30 am to 12:00 pm
- West Knox-May 11, 2023 11:00 am to 11:30 am
- Halls-May 17, 2023 9:00 to 9:30
- Corryton-June 13, 2023 10:00 am to 10:30 am
- Karns-June 16, 2023 10:00 am to 10:30 am
- May 27, 2023 Placing of flags at the East Tennessee Veterans Cemeteries on Lyons View Pike and John Sevier Highway
- May 29, 2023 Sunrise-ETVMA "Reading of the Names" East Tennessee Veterans Memorial-Worlds Fair Park
- Post 2 American Legion Memorial Day Program following the "Reading of the Names"
