Wise County's Veteran Services Office, 205 N. State Street, Decatur, 940-627-2470 (fax 940-627-3828, [email protected]), weekdays 8 to 5 and Friday 8 to noon, advocates for veterans and their dependents - disability compensation, pension, aid and attendance, survivor benefits, emergency assistance, homeless and financial-need outreach, appeals and VA health-care enrolment - with county veteran service officers Blake Walls, Kayla Jones, Charlotte Hessey and Tracey Melendrez.
Also called: veteran services office, CVSO, claims, compensation, pension, aid and attendance, emergency assistance, homeless outreach, Blake Walls, Kayla Jones, 940-627-2470, Decatur, Bridgeport, Rhome, Boyd, New Fairview.
For: Veteran or service member, spouse, child, survivor.
The county's office: "Wise County Veteran Services Office advocates and assist veterans and/or their dependents to obtain entitled benefits from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the State of Texas. Our office will provide you with the help needed in order to apply for DD214, compensation, pension, medical, educational, insurance, death benefits and many more pertinent issues dealing with veterans. Service is for our county residents and their dependents."
The county lists its local County Veteran Service Officers by email: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] and [email protected]. "If you are a Veteran or Spouse of a Veteran and are having hardship financially, please reach out to our office for assistance."
Where and when. 205 N State Street, Decatur, TX 76234; 940-627-2470, fax 940-627-3828; [email protected]; "8:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M., Monday - Thursday, 8:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M., Friday. Closed weekends and on County holidays", with "12:00pm - 1:00pm for lunch". The office's Benefits page: "We are your advocate between you and the VA. We assist and guide you through the process from start to finish", naming "Disability Compensation / Pension/ Aid & Attendance; Survivor Benefits; Emergency Assistance; Homeless & Financial Need Outreach; Appeal Process; Enroll in VA Healthcare". The office keeps a Facebook page.
Survivors. The office's Spouse & Survivor Benefits page walks through Dependency and Indemnity Compensation's eligibility routes and evidence in detail, including the December 16, 2003 / age-57 remarriage rule and the ten-year, five-year and former-POW window rules.
Organizations the county lists: Disabled American Veterans Decatur Chapter #70 and Auxiliary Unit #70 (P.O. Box 917, Decatur, TX.dav.org/70); Rhome Veterans Group (P.O. Box 132, Rhome, rhomeveterans.org); and the Wise County Veterans Group, 1308 10th Street, Bridgeport, wisecountyvets.org, (940) 683-1064.
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Disclaimer
VetTOC is not affiliated with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs or the Department of Defense. Information is for reference only and is not an eligibility determination. Verify with VA, the relevant state or territory, or an accredited VSO.