Veteran Services | Phelps County Offices

County level services: direct emergency economic aid for vital necessities to veterans, their widow, and dependents, according to their needs; personal visits for assistance and claims to housebound veterans or dependents; must have an honorable or under honorable conditions discharge from; active duty or wartime service; must be a resident in Nebraska in Phelps, Franklin, or Harlan County. State level services do not require wartime service: applications for the Nebraska Veterans Aid Fund; fee exempt fishing and hunting permits; applications to the Nebraska Veterans Homes; waivers of tuition.  Federal level services provides and/or completes Veteran Administration forms for claims relating but not limited to: service connected compensation, disability pension, widow's pension, burial allowance, grave Markers/headstones, educational benefits, home loans, insurance, indebtedness, and character of service upgrades.  VA healthcare enrollment.

08/26/2025