Sumter County Veterans Affairs Office

Sumter County's Veterans Affairs Office, Room 100 of the county courthouse, 141 North Main Street, Sumter, 803-436-2302, weekdays 8:30 to 5, helps veterans with service-connected and pension claims, education, home loans, burial benefits, appeals and widows' pensions, and certifies and records DD-214s and helps upgrade them.

Also called: county veterans affairs officer, CVAO, veterans service office, claims help, Valerie Brunson, DD-214, discharge, record, 25-11-40, Sumter, Shaw Air Force Base, Shaw AFB, Dalzell.

For: Veteran or service member, spouse, child, survivor.

Where it applies

Written for the jurisdictions listed here.

Sumter County, SCCounty

Every South Carolina county has a veterans' affairs officer under section 25-11-40; see the South Carolina entry on county veterans affairs officers. Sumter County's office lists: "Assist Veterans with Service-connected & Non-Service connected claims; Assist Veterans with Educational Benefits; Assist with VA Home Loans; Assist with Burial Benefit; Certify and record DD214's; Assist with upgrading DD214's; Assist with Appeals; Verification of Income; Request Military Records; Eligibility Verification Reports (EVR's); Change of Addresses; Correction of Military Records; Initiate direct deposits; Assist widows with widow's pension; Forward all mail to the VA Regional Office for processing." Recording a discharge. The office itself certifies and records DD-214s; the South Carolina entry on discharge record confidentiality explains who may see a recorded discharge. Where and when. Director Valerie Brunson; 141 North Main Street, Room 100 inside the Sumter County Courthouse, Sumter, SC 29150; phone 803-436-2302, fax 803-436-2408; Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Thresholds

Thresholds for Sumter County Veterans Affairs Office
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Sumter County veterans and their survivors	No rating is needed.

Sources

Sumter County, Veterans AffairsOfficial

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Last updated 2026-10-10.

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