Stanly County Veteran Services Office

North Carolina counties run these offices with State support; see the North Carolina entry. Stanly's office introduces itself on the county site: "The Stanly County Veteran Services Office (VSO) assists the more than 10,000 veterans, their dependents and survivors, apply for a number of benefits and programs. The VSO coordinates the claims process with the North Carolina Division of Veterans Affairs and Veterans Administration." Its page lists the claim types it files - disability compensation and pensions, dependents' and survivors' benefits, VA hospital and outpatient care, education and training, vocational rehabilitation, home loans, burial benefits and life insurance - and the State work it adds: "assistance to veterans in reopening claims and filing appeals, requesting discharge upgrades, finding military documents, and obtaining marriage and death certificates in order to process VA claims." The office runs on the Department of Veterans Affairs' TARGET system: "This system provides access to veteran's VA records, essential information needed to file claims and answer veterans' service-related questions. The Veterans Services Officer is accredited through the VA and North Carolina Department of Veterans Affairs to operate the system. Power of Attorney privilege, granted through the VA, is necessary to access or review veterans' files." The officeholder. The county's directory names Bo Almond the VSO (704-986-3694, email through the county's forms); the Board's November 3, 2025 agenda presents him as "Bo Almond, Veterans Services Officer". The office sits in the Stanly Commons facility at 1000 N First Street, Suite 6, Albemarle, NC 28001, the campus that also holds the Board's meetings and the Tax Administration's mapping office; the main county line is 704-986-3600. Where. Stanly County Veterans Services Office, 1000 N First Street, Suite 6, Albemarle, NC 28001; (704) 986-3694. The county courthouse is at 201 South Second Street, Albemarle (704-986-3600).