Taylor County Veterans Service Office

Texas counties may run veterans county service offices under Government Code chapter 434, subchapter B; see the Texas entry. Taylor County's: "We are not employed by the Department of Veterans Affairs. We are employed by Taylor County to assist Veterans and their eligible family members to apply for their benefits." It serves "a qualified veteran or surviving spouse, child, or parent of an eligible veteran." What it does. "The Taylor County Veterans Service Office will assist you from the initial claim, through the claims process all the way to notice of disagreements and appeals. We fill out the correct forms, with information from our research." The office also makes "necessary home visits" and assists "with transportation to medical appointments in Big Spring" (the West Texas VA Health Care System). Its list: service-connected disability and non-service-connected pension claims, aid and attendance for veterans and surviving spouses, VGLI forms, the 10-10EZ for VA health care, certificates of eligibility for VA loans, VA grants to adapt a home, letters verifying disability for tax breaks, help getting the disabled licence plate, burial benefits, headstones, and DIC for surviving spouses and dependants. Where and when. 400 Oak Street, Suite 150, Abilene, TX 79602; Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to noon and 1 to 5 p.m. ("We Close for Lunch"); phone 325-674-1328, fax 325-674-1241. Director and Veterans Service Officer Bryan Massey. Residents of neighbouring counties are pointed to their own service officers, whom the page lists. The Court. The Commissioners Court presented a resolution supporting Operation Green Light for Veterans on October 21, 2025, and the office's director presented its budget at the July 8, 2026 budget hearing. The county also hosts an annual Veterans Day meal, for which it took up a donation in September and October 2026.