DeWitt County Veteran County Service Officer (Jeffrey Zengerle), Cuero

The office. Jeffrey Zengerle, Veteran County Service Officer, 115 N Gonzales St., Cuero, TX 77954 (the County Annex); cell 361-649-8227. The page gives no office hours, so call first. Its stated mission: "Bridging the gap between military service members, veterans, and dependent benefits to maximize entitlements." What the office does. The page lists VA disability compensation and pension (initial claims, increases and appeals, Benefits Delivery at Discharge claims for those still on active duty, supplemental claims, higher-level reviews and representation before the Board of Veterans' Appeals); VA education advice (the Post-9/11 and Montgomery GI Bills, Dependents' Educational Assistance and Veteran Readiness and Employment); survivors' benefits (Dependency and Indemnity Compensation and survivors' pension); Texas and local benefits (the Hazelwood Act, county tax exemptions and disabled veteran plates); and burial benefits (VA burial allowances, headstones and markers, burial flags, and federal and State cemeteries). It links VA health care enrollment, the Floresville Texas State Veterans Home, a DFAS guide for new military retirees and a Texas Lawyers for Texas Veterans clinic calendar (2020). The office files VA and State claims under Government Code chapter 434 (see the Texas entry). TexVet's county list still names J.C. Hull, at 361-275-0862. The Commission's desk. On March 9, 2026 the Commissioners Court approved an agreement between the DeWitt County Veterans Service Office and the Texas Veterans Commission to provide office space "in order to provide assistance to military veterans and/or their family members for health care with the Veterans Health Administration" (see the Court's entry); ask the office when the Commission's staff are there. How the county funds it. General Fund department 105, "Veteran Service Officer", is $80,409 in the FY2027 budget adopted August 24, 2026 (the county's year runs October to September), against $62,938 for FY2026 and $72,229 for FY2025 (amended budgets): salary $50,461 (the same as FY2026), longevity $100, Social Security $3,868, group health insurance $17,341 (none in FY2026), retirement $6,270, workers' compensation $137, unemployment $112, office supplies $600, data processing $520 and conferences, dues and travel $1,000.