Guam Office of Veterans Affairs

The Office of Veterans Affairs sits within the Office of the Governor under 10 GCA § 67100, headed by a Veterans Affairs Officer appointed by the Governor with the advice of the Guam Veterans Commission. It is at 172 S. Marine Corps Drive in Asan. The chapter was amended as recently as Public Law 38-090 on December 20, 2025. Four things in the chapter are worth knowing as benefits rather than as administration. Free notarial service. Under § 67103(d) the Officer may administer and certify oaths and affirmations, take and certify affidavits and acknowledgments, and exercise any other power of a notary public as part of the office's duties, and "neither he nor his office shall charge any fee for such certification or notarial service." Claims paperwork usually needs notarisation somewhere, and on Guam it is free at this office. Claims help, with a limit. Under § 67102(c) the office assists every Guam veteran, dependent and survivor in presenting and pursuing claims under federal law and in establishing rights to privileges, preferences, care or compensation under the laws of the United States or of Guam. The processing of claims "shall be limited to the initial claims," which the statute then lists: disability compensation, disability pension, dependents' indemnity compensation, widow's death pension, burial benefits, confirmed and continued claims, vocational rehabilitation and education, waivers of indebtedness, and other benefits resulting in monetary awards. For an appeal rather than an initial claim, an accredited service organization is the route. The Guam Veterans Registry, § 67110, which does something for you passively. Every government of Guam entity to which a DD214 or other proof of veteran status is presented as a qualifying document for benefits must forward a copy to the Office of Veterans Affairs within thirty days, with the veteran's documented consent. The registry is updated at least semiannually, adding new residents and removing those who have died or left. Because several Guam benefits require the office to certify you "based only upon records they have available," registering is the step that makes the rest of the catalog work. Veterans Healthcare Assistance, § 67111, added by Public Law 37-101 on June 5, 2024 with $340,000 appropriated. The office shall assist disabled and elderly veterans in scheduling patient appointments and in tracking, reviewing and responding to electronic orders and consultations; assist eligible veterans in filling prescriptions, coordinating appointments and maintaining medical documentation files; and "provide non-emergency transportation for eligible veterans to and from medical appointments and pharmacies." That transport duty is unusual and is worth asking about directly. The Guam Veterans Commission under § 67107 is composed of at minimum six approved veteran organizations whose representatives are veterans nominated by their organizations and approved by the Governor; it recommends policy which the Officer shall receive and execute so far as consistent with law, and it may recommend a nominee when the Officer post is vacant. The office also administers the Guam Veterans Cemetery and certifies eligibility for the property tax exemptions, the licence and registration fee waivers, the veteran plates, the Gold Star plates and the derived benefits for family members. It is the single point of contact for almost everything in this catalog's Guam entries.