Veteran Services
Kathy Hutchings / Veterans Service Officer
County Administration Offices
905 West Avenue N.W.
PO Box 2200
Lenoir, N.C. 28645
Phone: (828) 757-1345
Fax: (828) 759-7979
Regina Goforth / Veterans Service Officer
County Administration Offices
905 West Avenue N.W.
Lenoir, North Carolina 28645
(828) 757-8694
Fax: (828) 759-7878
Kathy Hutchings has 34 years experience in Veteran Services.
Regina M. Goforth has been with Veteran Services for 5 years.
This office provides county military veterans and their dependents with information, counsel, and assistance with entitlement to benefits; and other matters relating to service in the armed forces of the United States.
Disabled or Elderly Tax Relief - Click here for an application.
Disability Compensation - For veterans who are totally or partially disabled due to service related service illnesses.
Disability Pension - For wartime veterans who are totally disabled to work due to non-related service illnesses.
Medical and Hospital Treatment - For all veterans based on (1) whether the veteran has a service connected disability or (2) the veteran's ability to defray costs if not service connected.
Home Loan Guarantee - For veterans of service after September 11, 1940.
Scholarships - For children of veterans meeting certain qualifications.
Death Compensation, Pension and Other Related Claims - For dependents of veterans with wartime service or who died of a service related disability. This would include certain burial benefits.