Office of Military & Veterans Affairs
***ANNOUNCEMENT***
The County’s Oceanside Office of Military and Veterans Affairs (OMVA) office and staff currently located at the North Coastal Live Well Health Center at 1701 Mission Ave, Oceanside will be relocated to our North Coastal Live Well Center at 3708 Ocean Ranch Blvd effective July 2023. The main phone number of 858-694-3222 and office email sdcvso.hhsa@sdcounty.ca.gov will remain the same.
JULIAN LIBRARY - LIVE WELL MOBILE OFFICE IS COMING
The County of San Diego Office of Military and Veterans Affairs in partnership with Self-Sufficiency Services and the County Library will bring the Live Well Mobile Office to the Julian Library on June 15, 2023 from 10AM to 3PM with a VA Benefits Briefing from 1:30-2:00PM. Address is 1850 Highway 78, Julian, CA 92036.
County personnel will be on-site to provide the following services:
- Veteran and Self-Sufficiency Services Resource Table
- Veteran Benefits Counseling
- VA Disability Claims Development
- Veteran Driver's License Application Support
- CalVet College Fee Waiver Applications Support
- CalFresh, Medi-Cal, and CalWORKs enrollment assistance and Housing
Please call OMVA at 858-694-3222 for more information.
For more information phone 858-694-3222 or send us an email.
The mission of Office of Military & Veterans Affairs is to provide professional services for military veterans and their dependents and survivors who are entitled to benefits from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, the State of California, and other agencies as applicable.
The Office of Military & Veterans Affairs was re-established in 1987 to serve the veteran population of San Diego County, which has the second largest veteran population in the state. The office assists veterans and their dependents and survivors to obtain benefits from the federal, state and local agencies administering programs for veterans, and provides advocacy to the veterans community regarding entitlement rights to federal, state and local benefits programs.
If you are unsure of where to find help, need aid to get started, or are just unsure of your entitled benefits, you can obtain assistance by calling the Office of Military & Veterans Affairs. An accredited Office of Military & Veterans Affairs Representative will assist you or direct you to the appropriate resource. The Office of Military & Veterans Affairs provides outreach services if veterans, their dependents and survivors cannot come to the office because of a disability.
Services offered through the Office of Military & Veterans
Affairs:
- Comprehensive benefits counseling
- Claims preparation and submission
- Claims follow-up to ensure final decisions
- Initiate and develop appeals when appropriate
- Networking and advocacy with federal, state and local agencies
Information and referral for the following:
- Public assistance
- Veterans Affairs medical care
- Military installations Retired Activities Office
- Homeless issues
- Disability transition assistance counseling at the Naval Medical Hospital, San Diego
- Certification of discharge papers (DD-214) for filing claims with the VA.
Assistance offered in filing for the following benefits:
- Compensation (service-related injuries or disease).
- Re-open compensation claim for increase or re-evaluation.
- Dependency and Indemnity Compensation for survivors (based upon service-connected disability or death).
- Nonservice-connected pension (for war era veterans only).
- Death pension (for survivors of wartime era veterans only).
- Admission to the State Veterans Homes of California (California Department of Veterans Affairs).
- Request for military records and decorations.
- Discharge upgrade and correction of military records.
- Vocational Rehabilitation.
- VA home loan guarantee eligibility.
- Education benefits (VA).
- Disability life insurance and waiver of premiums
- Payment of proceeds of VA life insurance.
- Burial benefits (VA).
- Medical care/dental care at VA facilities.
- Cal-Vet Loans.
- Approving agency for the State College Tuition Fee Waiver program for dependents of eligible veterans.
- Assist veterans and their survivors for placement in long-term care facility.
Making an Appointment
The following Appointment Checklist and Care Expense Statement will help you gather the information you will need for filing fully developed Compensation, Pension, Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) and Survivors Pension claims.
- Appointment Checklist
- College Fee Waivers Checklist
- Care Expense Statement
- Veteran Status Verification Form (VSD-001)
Once ALL materials have been gathered, please call (858) 694-3222 or email sdcvso.hhsa@sdcounty.ca.gov to make an appointment.
San Diego Military and Veterans Advisory Council
The function of the San Diego Military and Veterans Advisory Council is to advise, consult, and provide public outreach for the Board of Supervisors regarding issues important to active-duty service members, veterans, and family members. The Council’s main purpose is to serve as an information resource to the Board of Supervisors on issues related to military, veterans, and family members in San Diego County.
Hidden Heroes
The County of San Diego is proud to support military and veteran
caregivers, our community’s hidden heroes, as an Elizabeth Dole
Foundation Hidden Heroes City. Founded by Senator Elizabeth Dole in
2012, the Elizabeth Dole Foundation and it’s Hidden Heroes
Campaign brings vital attention to the untold stories of
military caregivers and provides a network for military caregivers to
connect with their peers and access carefully vetted resources. If you
are a military or veteran caregiver, please visit hiddenheroes.org to discover
hundreds of carefully vetted resources and an online peer support
community exclusively for caregivers. Linked here is the Hidden
Heroes Toolkit. The toolkit walks you through each step
you can take to get the county more engaged by providing information
about the campaign, public service announcement videos
featuring Tom Hanks, and many more additional resources the
county can utilize.
Connecting San Diego County veterans, military and their families
with all that our community offers, to include: career networking,
education/training, recreation/arts/entertainment, volunteerism.
scholarship opportunities and exclusive business discounts. Vets Community Connection
Additional Resources
2-1-1
Additional resources may be found from 2-1-1.
Courage to Call
Click here to speak with a fellow Veteran who knows what it means to serve and who can connect you with the help you need.
VA San Diego Healthcare System
For more information phone 858-694-3222 or send us an email.