O'Brien Co. Veteran's Affairs-
O'Brien County Veteran's
Affairs personnel can assist veterans, their widows,
widowers, wives and minor children with VA pensions,
compensations, medical care, nursing care, aid and
attendance, home loan assistance, education, and burial
benefits.
The veteran must have the following qualifications:
Discharge from active military service under other than
dishonorable conditions. Active service means full-time
service as a member of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines
Coast Guard, or as a commissioned officer of the Public
Health Service, the Environmental Services Administration or
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Certain VA benefits and medical care require wartime service.
O'Brien Co. Courthouse
155 S. Hayes Ave.
P.O. Box 97
Primghar, IA 51245
Phone: (712) 757-0031
Fax: (712) 757-8305
Office Hours: Tuesday through
Thursday
9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
E-mail us at :
obcva@iowatelecom.net
Agency Profile-
To Serve the
Veteran's Need
O'Brien County
Veteran's Affairs Administrator Deanna Akeson is available to
help County Veterans obtain the benefits they deserve.
Those seeking a VA benefit for the first time must submit a
copy of their service discharge form DD214, which documents
service dates and type of discharge, or give their full name,
military service number, branch of service and dates of
service.
Staff can assist in obtaining a copy of the form DD214 for
the veteran, if needed.
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Assistance filing for VA
pensions, compensations, medical care, nursing care, aid
and attendance, home loan assistance, education, and burial
benefits.
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Temporary assistance to
indigent veterans, widows, widowers, wives, and minor
children for food, shelter, utilities, medical care, and
burial assistance (certain guidelines apply).
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Office Hours: Tuesday
through Thursday, 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Hot Topics-
Free Transportation to the
VAMC - Sioux Falls
O'Brien County veterans will
soon be able to ride a new 15-passenger DAV Transportation
Van to the Sioux Falls VA Medical Center!
In collaboration with the County VA Service Offices in Clay,
Palo Alto and Sioux Counties, O'Brien County VA Administrator
Deanna Akeson has been working to provide free transportation
for O'Brien County veterans with appointments at the Sioux
Falls VA Medical Center.
The van will soon be delivered to the Medical Center and
volunteer drivers are currently going through training. It is
hoped that this transportation network will be up and running
by July 1st. The van route will originate in Clay County and
travel through O'Brien and Sioux counties via Highway 18.
There will be specific stops in each of the cities along
Highway 18. More information will be available soon.
If you may be interested in becoming a volunteer driver or
wish to know more about the new transportation services to
the medical center, give the VA office a call or send an
email.
Veteran Service Organizations throughout the county must be
acknowledged and thanked for their support of this new
veteran's transportation van, for without their verbal and
monetary support this dream would not have been realized!
Thank you once again for your continuing service!
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