Hidalgo County Veterans Services and Patriot Support Center

The Hidalgo County Veterans Service Office is the county veterans service office under Government Code 434.032; see the Texas entry. It takes no fee and no VA money, and helps veterans, dependents and survivors get VA and State of Texas benefits. What it files. Disability compensation, the non-service-connected pension, aid and attendance and housebound benefits, Dependency and Indemnity Compensation, survivors pension and burial claims; disagreements and appeals; debt waivers and disputes; and discharge upgrade requests. It also gets discharge documents, medical and personnel records and medals, and gives information on property tax exemptions and other State benefits. A first-time claimant brings a DD-214, DD-215 or, for World War II, a WD form, or else full name, service number, dates and branch. Patriot Support Center. Group and individual peer support for veterans' mental health, at the office, funded by the Texas Veterans Commission's Fund for Veterans' Assistance; the Commissioners Court accepted a $200,000 non-clinical mental health grant for September 2026 to August 2027. Email [email protected]. Where. 10213 N. 10th Street, Suite A, McAllen; 956-318-2436; Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to noon and 1 to 5 p.m. A stale page. The office's "Veterans Affairs Contracted Hospitals" page describes a contract under which local hospitals began treating veterans on April 13, 2009, with pre-authorisation through a VA primary care doctor. VA now buys outside care through its Community Care Network under the 2018 MISSION Act; ask VA or the office which hospitals and rules apply now.