Brooks County Veterans Service Officer (Milo Ortiz), Falfurrias

The office. The county's Veterans page: "Veterans Service Officer, Milo Ortiz", 217 E. Miller St., P.O. Box 282, Falfurrias, Texas 78355; phone 361-325-0347, fax 361-325-4720; [email protected]. The page gives no hours, so call before going. The officer files VA and State claims under Government Code chapter 434 (see the Texas entry). How the county funds it. No adopted budget is posted. The 2025-26 proposed budget (submitted to the Clerk August 15, 2025) lists the General Fund's departments from the County Judge (400) to County Extension (665) with no veterans department, and no line read names the officer; the 2026-2027 proposed budget posted holds only ten of its 42 pages. Where the office is paid from is not said. A county of under 200,000 people is not required to keep an officer (Government Code 434.032). TexVet. TexVet's county list names Ismael Ortiz for Brooks, at 361-474-1100 and the same [email protected] address. Whether "Milo" and "Ismael" are the same officer is not said; use the county's number. County contacts. The County Judge's office, Judge Eric Ramos (administrative assistant Gloria Garcia), Brooks County Courthouse, 100 E. Miller St., P.O. Box 515, Falfurrias, Texas 78355; (361) 325-5604, ext. 156. The County and District Clerk records discharges (see brooks-tx-county-clerk-discharges).