Many veterans come home with both the physical and emotional scars of war.
Over the course of American history, the country's veterans have won several important victories in obtaining readjustment assistance at both the federal and state levels. However, navigating their way through the sea of bureaucracy sometimes associated with these programs has been a challenge to the nation's former servicemen and women. The CVSO is a county employee who manages and coordinates the delivery of veterans' benefits, both federal and state, to eligible recipients. By statute, a CVSO must be a wartime veteran. Among the duties of a CVSO are to counsel veterans about their benefits, assist veterans in applying for and using those programs, and develop outreach mechanisms to make local veterans aware of their benefits options.