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Department Benefits Offices — Accredited Service Officers in Fourteen Locations

The veterans department operates fourteen benefits offices and a claims office. Accredited service officers advise on benefits, file claims, and may represent a veteran to the federal benefits administration on a disagreement with a decision. The department publishes a county-by-county lookup covering all fifty-five counties.

Verified August 27, 2026

What this benefit is

The veterans department operates fourteen benefits offices and a claims office. Accredited service officers advise on benefits, file claims, and may represent a veteran to the federal benefits administration on a disagreement with a decision. The department publishes a county-by-county lookup covering all fifty-five counties.

What it's worth: Free accredited help with a claim, and representation on an appeal

  • W. Va. Code 9A-1-1 creates the department to aid, assist, counsel and advise veterans, their widows and widowers, and their dependents.
  • The statute names widows, widowers and dependents in their own right, so a family member may approach a benefits office without the veteran.
  • Accredited service officers act under that authority.

Who is entitled to it

  • The offices advise veterans and their families alike.
  • Your home is in W. Va.

Not sure whether that describes you?

Answer a few questions about this benefit specifically — we only ask what this one actually depends on, and we stop as soon as we know.

How to claim it

  1. 1Use the county lookup rather than the nearest town. The department maps all fifty-five counties to an office, and the office covering your county is not always the closest one on a map.
  2. 2Ask the service officer to take accreditation on your claim before you sign anything with a paid representative. Accredited help here costs nothing.
  3. 3Take the discharge document and any decision letter you disagree with. Representation on an appeal is part of what these officers do, and the decision letter is what starts it.
  4. 4If the claim is already at the appeals stage, ask about the Huntington claims office — it is the office that handles Board of Veterans Appeals cases.
  5. 5Ask which organisation the officer holds accreditation through. The department names several, and it can matter to which national organisation carries the file.
  6. 6A woman veteran can ask for the women veterans programme instead, and be routed to a woman service officer.
Form
No form — contact the office covering your county
File with
The department benefits office for your county
Documents you will need
dd214
No renewal
Once granted it does not need renewing.
CorrectionThese are state department offices, not county government offices. Several states run this layer through the county; here the offices, the officers and the accreditation are the state department’s.
Known gapAddresses, opening hours and telephone numbers for the individual offices were not collected this session, and no statutory basis for the network was read — the state code host refused every request.

Sources

This finder provides an informational match, not a government eligibility determination. The responsible agency decides your application.