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DAV- Department of
California
What is the DAV? Who Belongs?
The DAV is a nonprofit association of veterans who suffered some degree of
disability while serving in time of war or armed conflict.
Founded in 1920, the DAV is totally funded by dues and contributions, receiving
no federal funding.
With National Headquarters offices in Cincinnati and Washington D.C. and
California's Headquarters offices in Santa Fe Springs, the DAV focuses strictly
on serving veterans and their families. A nonpolitical organization it has no
political action committees (PACS) and endorses no political candidates.
Today there are more than 1.25 million members of the DAV with more than 116,000
residing in California.
Services
to Veterans and Their Families
To help you and your family
get all the benefits you earned there are twelve (12) Department Service Offices
and three (3) National Service Offices throughout California.
There's never any charge for the assistance these veterans benefits experts
provide to you and your family.
DAV Service Officers are all service-connected disabled veterans themselves, so
they understand where you are coming from. They all are accredited through the
Department of Veterans Affairs.
DAV Service Officers offer counseling on VA compensation, health care, pension,
employment rights, education and more.
They help folks like you assemble evidence to support benefit claims, building
their cases and preparing claim forms and briefs.
Last year alone Department of California Service Officers counseled more than
22,000 veterans, and submitted more than 5,000 claims. They also provided
seminars and reviewed medical records for more than 16,000 military men &
women who were leaving the service.
The DAV extends disaster relief to disabled veterans affected by natural
calamities like earthquakes or floods.
The DAV National Magazine and California's DAV News, chapter meetings, and
other functions keep members up-to-date on issues affecting their rights.
The Department's
Transportation Network transports sick
and disabled
veterans to VA medical facilities for treatment in California.
DAV Volunteers in
California annually donate tens of thousands of hours to veterans at all VA
hospitals and many non-VA facilities throughout the state.
Through a variety of local programs the DAV reaches into their communities,
seeking new ways to help disabled veterans and their families.
Representation in California
The DAV's Department Staff
works to insure legislation benefits all disabled veterans, their families and
survivors.
DAV legislative
specialists also guard against cuts in current benefits.
They concentrate on
issues involving programs for disabled veterans and their families.
DAV legislative goals are
set by the organization's members in a process that begins in Local DAV
Chapters.
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