We are dedicated to a single purpose: empowering veterans to lead high-quality lives
with respect and dignity. We accomplish this by ensuring that veterans and their
families can access the full range of benefits available to them; fighting for the
interests of America's injured heroes on Capitol Hill; and educating the public
about the great sacrifices and needs of veterans transitioning back to civilian
life.
- Providing free, professional assistance to veterans and their families
in obtaining benefits and services earned through military service and provided
by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and other agencies of government;
- Providing outreach concerning its program services to the American
people generally, and to disabled veterans and their families specifically;
- Representing the interests of disabled veterans, their families,
their widowed spouses and their orphans before Congress, the White House and the
Judicial Branch, as well as state and local government;
- Extending DAV’s mission of hope into the communities where these
veterans and their families live through a network of state-level Departments and
local Chapters; and
- Providing a structure through which disabled veterans can express
their compassion for their fellow veterans through a variety of volunteer programs.
