Macon County, North Carolina • Veterans Services

Macon County Veterans Service Office provides an unsurpassed personalized service to veterans and their dependents in obtaining VA benefits. All services are provided without charge by VA Accredited Representatives.

Strictly controlled confidentiality is maintained at all times under penalty of law. Service Officers are required to be knowledgeable in federal, state and local laws pertaining to veterans and their dependents. This office is committed to provide innovative services and programs to meet the new and expanding requirements of an aging veterans’ population, and those veterans returning from recent wars with new and sometimes unknown disabilities.

Assistance in the following areas is provided on a daily basis:

• Compensation for service-connected disabilities
• Pension for non-service connected disabilities
• Compensation to dependents for service-connected deaths
• Pension to dependents for non-service-connected deaths
• Burial benefits
• Federal grave markers
• Life insurance
• Education and vocational rehabilitation
• Home loan certificates
• VA hospital enrollment
• Military records corrections
• Obtaining military records, discharges, medals and awards
• CHAMPVA
• Tricare

Resources

• American Legion Post 108 - (828) 524-4306
• Employment for Veterans(Employment Security Commission) - (828) 369-9534
• Franklin Community Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC) - (828) 369-1781
• Military ID cards:
  • Asheville, NC - (828) 271-5011
    
  • Athens, GA - (706) 354-7339
    
  • Marietta, GA - (678) 655-6230
• Military Retired Pay Center - (800) 321-1080
• National Guard - (828) 524-7509
• NC Department of Veterans Affairs - (800) 827-1000
• Direct Deposit - (877) 838-2778
• Educational Assistance - (888) 442-4551
• Homeless Veterans Outreach - (336) 714-0793
• Home Loans - (888) 244-6711
• Life Insurance (NSLI) - (800) 669-8477
• Medical Center (Asheville, NC) - (800) 932-6408
• Vocational Rehabilitation - (336) 714-0810
• NC State Scholarship Program - (828) 837-2616
• Selective Service - (847) 688-6888
• Transportation Services - (828) 349-2222
• VFW Post 7339 - (828) 524-6859