Garden County Nebraska

GardenCoNe.com

Oshkosh, Lewellen, Lisco

Lyn Salmon
619 Main Street (Court House Annex)
PO Box 384
Oshkosh, NE 69154
PHONE: (308) 772-4080 or 772-4464
E-mail: gcvso35@embarqmail.com
Office Hours:
Tuesdays, 8:00 a.m. to noon
Thursdays, 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

What our office does.

The Garden County Veterans' Service Office provides assistance, information and advice to veterans and their families regarding benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Who is eligible for admission into one of four Nebraska State Veterans Homes?

Honorably discharged veterans who have lived in Nebraska two years at some time in the their lives and their wives, widows, gold star mothers and fathers.

Who is eligible for help from the Nebraska Veterans Aid fund?

Veterans who served on active military duty, for other than training purposes, who have lived in Nebraska for 1 year, and the county for 6 months. This pertains to both war-time and peace-time veterans.

Benefits for which you may be eligible:

Federal Benefits:

Service connected compensation benefits

Dependents death compensation benefits

Non-service connected pension claims

Death pension benefits

Education benefits

Vocational rehabilitation benefits for service connected veterans

Certificate of eligibility for guaranteed home loan benefits

Discharge upgrading applications

Corrections of military discharge papers

Burial benefits

VA grave markers

Enrollment in VA Medical centers and yearly re-certification

Claims for consideration for emergency medical treatment

Assist in working up appeals on VA claims with which applicant disagrees

Assist in any problems veterans may be having with their government life insurance policies to include changes in beneficiaries, changing coverage, making claims against policy to cash it in or make loans against it and to assist beneficiaries in making claims against policy

Change of address

Direct deposit of veterans benefits

Requesting copies of military discharge papers & other military papers

State Benefits:

Fee exempt hunting & fishing licenses

Admission into one of the four Nebraska State Veterans Homes

Waiver of tuition

The Nebraska Veterans Aid fund

Homestead exemptions