Veterans Affairs

About the Office

Hours	Mon-Friday 8:30 - 4:30
Phone	570-296-3563
Fax	570-296-3410
Internal Extension	1205
Address	Shohola Business Center 837 Route 6, Unit 3 Shohola, PA 18458

Director	Jesiah Schrader, VSO
Email	jschrader@pikepa.org

The Pike County Veterans Affairs Office is dedicated to serving the veteran population by assisting them and their family members with issues concerning federal, state and county benefits. The office encourages you to apply for the benefits. Please make an appointment by calling the Pike County Veterans Affairs Office at (570) 296-3563 to receive more detailed information on what is needed to apply for these benefits.

Services Provided

County Benefits

$100.00 county death benefit for burial for Veteran or widow
Grave flag holders and flags for veteran’s graves for Memorial Day and Veteran’s Day and placing of flags
$100.00 county headstone installation benefit
$75.00 county headstone engraving benefit if veteran’s grave already has a headstone
Recording of DD-214’s/Discharges (free of charge)
Certified copies of DD-214
Involved in special county-wide activities for parades or events involving the celebration of Memorial Day or Veterans Day
Grave registrations for Veterans who are buried in Pike County
Pike County Veteran Discount Card

State Benefits

Veteran Temporary Assistance Program
Property tax exemption for 100% T&P service-connected, wartime Veterans and their widows only that show Financial Need
Blind Veterans’ pension
Paralyzed Veterans’ pension
State Veterans’ home applications for placement
Various Veterans license plates from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Persian Gulf Bonus
Military Family Relief

Federal Benefits

VA Disability Compensation for service-related problems
VA Non-Service-Connected Pension
VA Medical Program
VA Burial Benefits
VA Survivors Pension
VA Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC)
Apportionments for estranged wives or dependent children
VA Insurance/lump sum claims and conversions
Up-grading or corrections on Discharges and DD-214s
Ordering of decorations, medals, and appropriate records from National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, MO
Obtaining DD-214s for WWII period Merchant Marines and U.S. Civil Servants who served on U.S. Navy or U.S. Army Vessels during WWII from the U.S. Coast Guard
Some services and benefits are limited and/or restricted to former members of the National Guard and Reserve Armed Forces
VA Government Marker/Headstone for Veteran’s unmarked grave

Federal Recognized Wartime periods

Under current law, we recognize these wartime periods to decide eligibility for pension benefits:

Mexican Border period (May 9, 1916, to April 5, 1917, for Veterans who served in Mexico, on its borders, or in adjacent waters)
World War I (April 6, 1917, to November 11, 1918)
World War II (December 7, 1941, to December 31, 1946)
Korean conflict (June 27, 1950, to January 31, 1955)
Vietnam War era (November 1, 1955, to May 7, 1975, for Veterans who served in the Republic of Vietnam during that period. August 5, 1964, to May 7, 1975, for Veterans who served outside of the Republic of Vietnam.)
Gulf War (August 2, 1990, through a future date to be set by law or presidential proclamation)