Val Verde County Veterans Service Office (Sergio Palafox, Veterans Services Officer)
Val Verde County's Veterans Service Office - Veterans Services Officer Sergio Palafox, 508 E. 11th St., Del Rio (830-774-7548, fax 830-774-7550), weekdays 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. - assists veterans, family members and separating service members with VA claims and health enrollment, assigns a VA provider, and offers free transportation to VA hospital and clinical appointments.
Also called: VSO, Veterans Services Officer, Sergio Palafox, 830-774-7548, 830-774-7550, 508 E. 11th St., Del Rio, VA claims, health enrollment, travel reimbursements, Texas Veterans Commission, Enrique Trevino, Luis Maldonado, Gloria Sanzone, Del Rio, Cienegas Terrace, Val Verde Park, Lake View, Comstock, Box Canyon-Amistad, Juno.
For: Veteran or service member, spouse, child, survivor.
The office. The county's Veteran Service's page: "MISSION - Val Verde County Veterans Service Office Professionally assist Military Veterans, their Family Members and Active Military Service members Pending Separation or Retiring, by making available the Best Customer Service so they may receive the UTMOST VA Claims Benefits. Providing updated information on VA, State, Federal agencies, local organizations, VA Claims, Health Enrollment Benefits. Assign a VA Provider for initial appointment, and assist with Prescription refills. Free Transportation to VA Hospital and Clinical Appointments. Our Goal Reach, Assist, and Educate every Veteran, Veteran's family member, and Active Duty members pending Separation or Retirement, to filing multiple VA claims and to Enroll in the VA Health Care Program."
The forms and links. The page posts VA travel-reimbursement process, VA education claim checklist, VA health enrollment, VA service connection compensation checklist and VA survivor benefits checklist, and links the rehab locator for veterans, the VA, eBenefits, the veteran service records search, the VA education pages, the Veterans Crisis Line, the Texas Veteran Commission, the Texas Veteran Land Board and the Wounded Warrior Project.
Where and who. Sergio Palafox, Veterans Services Officer; 508 E. 11th St., Del Rio, TX 78840; 830-774-7548; fax 830-774-7550; Monday-Friday 8 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
The officers' year. The Commissioners Court's record shows the office turned over three times in the window: Enrique R. Trevino (Veterans Service Officer through the spring - his January 28, 2026 item reported the 2025 last-quarter numbers and set the monthly Veteran Workshops at the County Library from February 6, 2026); Luis Maldonado, hired effective May 11, 2026 at $56,185.14 ("replacing Enrique Trevino who transferred"), with an AT&T cell line at $30.00 a month from the utilities account, then a stop line July 10 ("terminated"); Gloria Sanzone appointed September 9, 2026; and Sergio Palafox effective September 28, 2026 at $56,185.14 ("Mr. Palafox is replacing Luis Maldonado who was terminated"). The county's website names Palafox. See the board entry for the items.
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Veterans, family members and separating service members
The office assists military veterans, their family members and active military pending separation or retirement. No rating is needed.
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