Bexar County Department of Military and Veterans Services
Bexar County's veterans county service office: free accredited help with VA compensation, pension, survivor benefits and appeals, discharge upgrades and record corrections, and employment and transition help, by appointment at 210-HELP-VET.
Also called: VCSO, county veterans service officer, claims help, HELP-VET, employment, transition, Grayson Heights.
The Department of Military and Veterans Services is Bexar County's veterans county service office under Government Code section 434.032, which requires one in every county of 200,000 or more.
Claims. Its VSO-certified and accredited staff help veterans file VA disability compensation claims and increases, the nonservice-connected pension, Dependency and Indemnity Compensation and the survivors pension, and VA appeals, and follow the claim until VA decides. They help with medals and decorations, discharge upgrades and corrections of military records. For a first claim bring the DD-214, marriage and birth certificates, dependents' Social Security numbers, private medical records or the doctors' contact details, and bank details; for an increase bring the DD-214 and the last rating decision.
Employment and transition. The department also runs career, training and education help for transitioning service members, veterans and spouses, with workshops through the year.
All its services are free, as section 434.036 requires. It is at 1422 E. Grayson Street, 4th floor, Grayson Heights Building, San Antonio 78208, weekdays by appointment, closed noon to 1 p.m. Call 210-HELP-VET (210-435-7838).
Homeless veteran burials. Since 2003 Bexar County has taken part, with Dignity Memorial providers, VA, Roy Akers Funeral Home, Cole High School and veterans organizations, in the Homeless Veterans Burial Program, which gives a dignified funeral with military honours to a homeless or indigent veteran with no family to claim them. The department can say when such burials take place.
Thresholds
Thresholds for Bexar County Department of Military and Veterans Services
Gate
Rule
Veterans, service members, spouses and survivors
Any veteran, transitioning service member, spouse or survivor can use the office. No rating is needed.
Out of date, a broken link, or something else wrong? Say what you found, and an editor checks it against the official source.
Disclaimer
VetTOC is not affiliated with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs or the Department of Defense. Information is for reference only and is not an eligibility determination. Verify with VA, the relevant state or territory, or an accredited VSO.