Operating from the Union County Senior & Community Service Building at 665 SE 4th Street, Lake Butler, FL 32054 (with official Board of County Commissioners administrative and mailing headquarters at 15 NE 1st Street, Lake Butler, FL 32054 and county emergency services coordination at 58 NW 1st Street, (386) 496-4248, Fax (386) 496-4810), the Union County Veterans Service Office is Union County's statutory local government veterans benefits and administrative claims advocacy agency under Florida Statutes § 292.11 and federal 38 C.F.R. § 14.629. Staffed by Florida Department of Veterans' Affairs (FDVA) and U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Office of General Counsel (VA OGC) Accredited County Veterans Service Officer (CVSO) Barbara Fischer, the office provides 100% free statutory representation—protecting seniors from unaccredited pension-poaching consultants—for wartime veterans and surviving spouses across Lake Butler (32054), Raiford (32083), and Worthington Springs (32697). Services include preparing and prosecuting tax-free VA Aid & Attendance (A&A) and Housebound Enhanced Pensions (38 U.S.C. § 1521 & § 1541) to fund in-home care or assisted living, Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC), Agent Orange and PACT Act toxic-exposure claims, Supplemental Claims, Higher-Level Reviews, Board of Veterans' Appeals (BVA) dockets, Florida 100% Permanent & Total Disabled Veteran Homestead Property Tax Exemption certifications (F.S. § 196.081 & § 196.082), and priority clinical/residential referrals to the Malcom Randall VAMC — Lake City VA Medical Center (619 S Marion Ave, Lake City, 22 miles NW) and the 150-bed Robert H. Jenkins Jr. Veterans' Domiciliary Home of Florida (AHCA #AL7975, 751 SE Sycamore Ter, Lake City).