Washington County Veterans Service Office and the Veterans Service Commission

Washington County’s appointment-only CVSO office in West Bend works with a three-member commission on Veterans Relief Fund aid, drew $7,414 for 2026 Memorial Day flags from a $16,448 endowment, and funds veteran mental health through its own clinic.

Also called: CVSO, Kurt Rusch, West Bend, Veterans Relief Fund, 45.86, Memorial Day flags, Mental Health Center, Next 18.

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

Where it applies

Written for the jurisdictions listed here.

Washington County, WICounty

Washington County's Veterans Service Office is at the Public Agency Center, 333 E Washington Street, Suite 3100, West Bend WI 53095, phone (262) 335-4457, email [email protected], open Monday to Friday 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. by appointment. The CVSO is Kurt Rusch, with benefit specialist Barb Kempf-Neuy; Rusch is also the commission's executive secretary. The commission and the aid. Three appointed veterans - Michael Eggleston (chair, term to December 31, 2028), Justin Reichert and John Stern (to December 31, 2027; both reappointed December 10, 2025) - oversee needy-veteran aid from the Veterans Relief Fund under the 45.81 and 45.86 framework, reviewing applications with the commission. No dollar schedule is published. The commission also administers a Memorial Day endowment: the 2026 flag draw was $7,414 against a $16,448.41 drawable allowance (2025: $5,600). The county's mental health center, (262) 335-4600, provides outpatient psychotherapy and psychiatry for county-resident service-connected veterans, free to the uninsured. The county golf course hosts five no-cost veteran wellness camps in 2026 through the Next 18 partnership, for county residents, lodging included. The register of deeds, Lisa Budish, (262) 335-4320, 484 Rolfs Avenue, Suite 1500, records discharges free under section 45.05 - the county's own pages do not mention it. No county park discount exists, and the eCode360-hosted code sat behind a Cloudflare turnstile that neither curl nor an automated browser passed, so its text could not be searched; the table of contents, read through the archive, shows no veteran chapter. Washington County's veterans treatment court cases are heard by the Sheboygan Area Veterans Treatment Court - see the county's veterans treatment court entry.

Thresholds

Thresholds for Washington County Veterans Service Office and the Veterans Service Commission
Gate	Rule
Any veteran or family member	The office assists Washington County veterans and their families with claims and county aid. No rating is required, so the rating filter never hides this benefit.

Sources

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Last updated 2026-10-08.

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