Douglas County Veterans Service Office

The Douglas County Veterans Service Office is the county veterans service office every Colorado county must run under C.R.S. 28-5-801; see the Colorado entry. The County funds it, so there is no charge. Who it helps. Veterans, active duty, Reserve and National Guard members, and spouses, surviving spouses, dependent parents and dependents with their claims. Service officers prepare the forms and evidence, submit the claim, manage the case and, if needed, represent the claimant at hearings. How. The office is open Monday to Thursday. Call 303-663-6200 and leave a name and number, use the online inquiry form, or email with the veteran's details and a PDF of the DD-214; replies come within a business day. Appointments are recommended. Bring the DD-214, marriage and divorce certificates, children's birth certificates, and for pension or aid and attendance the financial documents. Since September 29, 2026 the office is at 410 S. Wilcox Street, Suite 101, Castle Rock; it is closed for training October 5 to 9, 2026. Mental health. Under an agreement between the Board and AllHealth Network, the community mental health centre, a full-time veteran-specific clinician serves veterans in Douglas and Arapahoe Counties; the office makes the referral at 303-663-6200. Where the FAQ is out of date. - It defines a spouse as "a person of the opposite sex". VA has recognised same-sex marriages since the Supreme Court's 2015 decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, so a same-sex spouse or surviving spouse qualifies. - On emergency care at a non-VA hospital it says the veteran "Must be 100% SC or emergency must be for an SC disability". VA can also pay for emergency care of a condition that is not service-connected, under 38 U.S.C. 1725, for an enrolled veteran who has had VA care in the previous 24 months. The FAQ's advice to tell VA within 72 hours of admission still holds. - The benefits page's text on concurrent retirement pay describes a phase-in that ended in 2013.