Burleson County Veterans Service Officer (Tina Smith), Caldwell, Thursday and Friday Mornings

Burleson County's Veterans Service Officer, Tina Smith, helps veterans and survivors with VA and State claims at 100 W. Buck, Suite 104, Caldwell (979-567-6360) on Thursday and Friday mornings, 9 a.m. to noon; the county budgets the part-time office at $14,401 for FY2027 and applied in November 2025 for a Texas Veterans Commission grant to fund it.

Also called: VSO, CVSO, Veterans Service Officer, Tina Smith, Tina M Smith, 979-567-6360, [email protected], 100 W. Buck, Franklin Karasek, Fund for Veterans’ Assistance, FVA, Veterans’ Roll Call, 434.032, Caldwell, Somerville, Snook, Deanville, Lyons.

For: Veteran or service member, spouse, child, survivor.

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Burleson County, TXCounty

The office. Tina Smith, County Veterans Service Officer, 100 W. Buck, Suite 104, Caldwell, TX 77836; 979-567-6360. Office hours Thursday and Friday, 9 a.m. to noon. The county's page lists the help the office gives (DD-214s and discharges, disability and compensation claims, the VA health care card, widows' benefits, VA and Veterans Land Board loans, nursing and funeral homes, State Veterans Homes) and the VA regional office in Waco (1-800-827-1000). The office files VA and State claims under Government Code chapter 434 (see the Texas entry). TexVet's county list names Franklin Karasek, at the same number with [email protected]. How the county funds it. General Fund department 405, "Veteran's Service Officer", is $14,401 in the FY2027 budget adopted September 8, 2026, against $14,419 for FY2026; actual spending was $8,767 in FY2024-2025 and $10,223 in FY2023-2024. The FY2027 lines: salary $11,463, Social Security $877, retirement $1,133, death benefits $32, unemployment $6, dues $40, office supplies $100, postage $40, mileage $180, conferences $180 and machine rental $350. The miscellaneous grants fund records "Donations-Veteran Services" of $440 (FY2023-2024), $1,938 (FY2024-2025) and $828 so far in FY2025-2026; a General Fund revenue line for juror donations to veteran services (367-1110) is at zero. The grant application. On November 10, 2025 the Commissioners Court approved applying for the Texas Veterans Commission's FY27 Fund for Veterans' Assistance "Veteran County Service Office Funding Opportunity" (see the Court's entry); the outcome is not posted, and the FY2027 budget shows no grant line for the office. Remembering service. The county's Historical Commission keeps a Veterans' Roll Call of anyone who lived in Burleson County and served in the military, in war or peace (close to 4,000 names; no deadline to add one), and dedicated a World War II historical marker at the courthouse on October 19, 2008.

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Thresholds for Burleson County Veterans Service Officer (Tina Smith), Caldwell, Thursday and Friday Mornings
Gate	Rule
Veterans, dependents and survivors	The office helps any veteran, dependent or survivor with VA and State claims. No rating is needed.

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