Tompkins County Department of Veterans Services exists to connect local Veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces – and their families – with federal, state, and local resources.
Benefits
Departmental staff make these connections through a combination of counseling, referral, and direct assistance with the following benefits:
- Compensation for service-connected and non-service-connected disabilities
- Compensation to caregiving family of homebound Veterans
- Compensation/pension to families of deceased Veterans
- Burial benefits and grave markers
- Health care
- Life insurance
- Education Benefits
- Home loan guarantees
- Obtaining military records
Additional benefits include:
- Federal, State & Local medals/awards
- New York State blind annuity
- New York State property tax exemption
Events Calendar
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