Disabled American Veterans

The Disabled American Veterans (DAV) is a service organization dedicated to building better lives for all our nation’s disabled veterans and their families. Its mission is providing free, professional assistance to veterans and their families in obtaining benefits and services earned through military service and provided by the 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; overseeing 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.