DAV National
DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS:
LIFE-CHANGING SUPPORT FOR THOSE WHO SERVED.
Providing A Lifetime of Support
DAV is ready to assist whenever we’re needed.
Disabling injuries don’t always show up right after service —they can affect veterans at any stage of life. So when it comes to applying for and receiving benefits, it’s good to know that DAV’s support isn’t limited by when or where you served, or by the type of injury you suffered.
Our Benefits Advocates Are Ready to Help.
Free, professional assistance from our benefits advocates can help veterans and their families receive the benefits they’ve earned —health care, disability, employment, education, financial benefits and more.
Our benefits advocates are veterans, too, so they understand military service and the benefits process. In a typical year, DAV helps veterans of all ages file claims —often nearly 180,000 claims in a year. In 2022, DAV-represented veterans received more than $26.4 billion in earned benefits.
DAV 's MISSION STATEMENT:
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.
This mission is carried forward by:
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.
Providing a structure through which disabled veterans can express their compassion for their fellow veterans through a variety of volunteer programs.
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Freedom Award
Sandi Braunstein
Committed to Service
Jennifer Alvarado
2023 DAV Top Scholarship Recipient
Jacob Weber
2023 Disabled American Veteran of the Year
Kim Hubers
The Journey:
Stories that Inspire
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With Mark Jackson