Wayne County: West Virginia Department of Veterans Assistance, Huntington Claim Office

Wayne County keeps no veterans office of its own; the nearest West Virginia Department of Veterans Assistance office is the Huntington Claim Office (640 4th Avenue, Huntington, 304-399-9395; supervisor Joe Diedrich, service officers Robert Pauley and Collin Elliott), which files VA and State claims free of charge.

Also called: VSO, veterans service officer, claim office, WVDVA, Department of Veterans Assistance, claims, Huntington Claim Office, Joe Diedrich, Robert Pauley, Collin Elliott, Mattie Stanley, 640 4th Avenue, 304-399-9395, Wayne, Kenova, Ceredo, Fort Gay, Prichard, East Lynn, Dunlow, Lavalette, Crum, Genoa, Spurlock.

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

Where it applies

Written for the jurisdictions listed here.

Wayne County, WVCounty

The department's office. The Huntington, WV Claim Office: "Claims Office Supervisor: Joe Diedrich ([email protected]); VSO: Robert Pauley ([email protected]); VSO: Collin Elliott ([email protected]); VSOA: Mattie Stanley ([email protected])"; 640 4th Avenue, Huntington, WV 25701; phone 304-399-9395, fax 304-399-9363. The department's headquarters is at 1900 Kanawha Boulevard East, Building 5, Room 205, Charleston, 304-558-3661. Which office serves Wayne. The department's Benefits Office Locations page lists Wayne County in its county selector, but none of its fifteen office pages names Wayne among the "Counties Served" (Logan's serves Logan, Lincoln, Mingo and Boone; the Huntington page names no counties). Huntington, across the county line from Ceredo and Kenova, is the nearest office; call it or the headquarters to confirm. The county's part. Wayne County's own government runs no veterans office: its site lists the Commission, Assessor, Circuit Clerk, County Clerk, judges, magistrates, Prosecuting Attorney, Sheriff and 911, and no veterans department. What the help is: free claims help with VA compensation, pension, survivor and burial benefits and the State's own programmes; see the West Virginia entries.

Thresholds

Thresholds for Wayne County: West Virginia Department of Veterans Assistance, Huntington Claim Office
Gate	Rule
Veterans, surviving spouses and families	Free help filing VA and state benefit claims; no rating is needed to ask.

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Last updated 2026-11-06.

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