Mission

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.

• Providing a structure through which disabled veterans can express their compassion for their fellow veterans through a variety of volunteer programs.

                                                                                                  Vision

The Disabled American Veterans is committed to fulfilling its mission of building better lives for America's disabled veterans and their families through service, quality, integrity and leadership in representation and advocacy support now and in the future. We will maintain the highest ethical standards as a charitable organization through which our society can express its gratitude to the men and women who continue to pay the price of our nation's freedom.

                                                                                                 Values

• Service: To build better lives for American's disabled veterans and their families and to keep the DAV mission first and foremost in all we do.
• Quality: To provide the best possible representation and advocacy services to veterans, their families, and survivors.
• Integrity: To maintain the highest ethical and moral standards as a charitable service organization accountable to those we serve as well as those who support us.
• Leadership: To plan strategically and act to guarantee our future preeminence as a provider of advocacy and voluntary services to veterans.