Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs, Northeast Team serving Delaware County
Delaware County sits on the Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs' Northeast Team - regional manager Brian Gibson (918-348-4901) and six accredited service officers, Angela Chalk, Bobbie Jones, Michael Merit, David Roberts, Les Rouell and Joseph Spychalski - the claims route for the county's veterans; no ODVA office sits in Delaware County.
Also called: ODVA, Northeast Team, Brian Gibson, Angela Chalk, Bobbie Jones, Michael Merit, David Roberts, Les Rouell, Joseph Spychalski, 918-348-4901, 855-701-6382, 405-523-4000, 833-993-0234, service officer, claims, Jay, Grove, Jay, Grove, Colcord, Kansas, Cleora, Eucha, Bernice, Ketchum, Oaks.
For: Veteran or service member, spouse, child, survivor.
The team. Delaware County is on the ODVA's Northeast Team: "Northeast Team Proudly Serving the Following Counties: Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Creek, Delaware, Kay, Lincoln, Logan, Mayes, McIntosh, Muskogee, Noble, Nowata, Okfuskee, Oklahoma, Okmulgee, Osage, Ottawa, Pawnee, Payne, Pottawatomie, Rogers, Sequoyah, Tulsa, Wagoner, and Washington." The county's page (oklahoma.gov/veterans, county map, Delaware, last modified April 22, 2025) lists the team: Brian Gibson, Regional Manager, (918) 348-4901; service officers Angela Chalk (918-537-0129), Bobbie Jones ((405) 982-2493), Michael Merit ((918) 616-5336), David Roberts ((918) 252-8014), Les Rouell ((918) 348-8377) and Joseph Spychalski ((918) 397-2561). No ODVA office sits in Delaware County itself; the team's offices serve it from surrounding counties.
The department. ODVA Central Office, 2132 NE 36th Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73111 - toll free 855-701-6382, local 405-523-4000, ODVA Hotline (833) 993-0234; Muskogee Office, P.O. Box 769, 918-781-7766. The ODVA's claims and benefits page routes veterans to the service officers for compensation, pension and survivor claims; see the State entry on the Oklahoma benefit definitions (72 O.S. 2) and the veterans registry.
The county's own record. No county veterans service office appears on the county site: the offices list carries the three commissioners, the Clerk, the Court Clerk, the Assessor, the Sheriff, the Treasurer, the Election Board, Emergency Management and Human Resources, and no window agenda or minute creates a veterans office - the gap goes to docs/COUNTY-REVISIT.md.
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Thresholds for Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs, Northeast Team serving Delaware County
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Rule
Any veteran or family member
ODVA service officers file claims for any veteran or family member; the service is free. No rating is needed.
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