Protecting our Benefits Begins With You
Please join DAV’s dedicated grassroots supporters and help protect veterans’ benefits! Your involvement will increase our effectiveness in advocating for ill and injured veterans, their families, and survivors – and will unify and solidify DAV’s message across the nation.
We need your help in communicating DAV’s legislative priorities to Congress, the media and the general public. Given the volatility of the current political environment – it is an important time to strengthen advocacy efforts so the much talked about reform of VA’s health care system is done in the best interest of veterans, existing benefits are protected, and future benefits are developed in line with what matters to those who have served.
Our success in pushing for and seeing legislative changes in Washington remains dependent on the continued strength of our nationwide grassroots movement.
Now is the time to become proactive, and now is the time to prepare – before others decide it is a good idea to dismantle the VA or take away hard-earned benefits and services from those who have served and sacrificed for this country. We are all responsible to help ensure that our government does not go back on its promises to our nation’s veterans and their families.
Remember, protecting our benefits begins with you.
Benefit_Protection_Team_Toolkit.pdfDAV's Commander's Action NetworkÂ
is the life line to the legislative grassroots
efforts of the DAV and DAVA
You can sign up for free by clicking the link below in order to
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2023_CriticalPolicyGoals.pdfJoin DAV in our support of the Caring for Survivors Act (S. 414/H.R. 1083), bipartisan legislation that would ease the eligibility criteria for Dependency Indemnity Compensation (DIC) and increase the monthly benefit amount to match benefits provided by other federal survivor programs. Specifically, the measure would:
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Expand eligibility for DIC by replacing the 10-year rule with a graduated scale of benefits that begins at five years for initial eligibility at 50% and gradually reaches the full benefit at 10 years after determination of disability. For example, if a veteran is rated as totally disabled for five years and dies of a nonservice-connected cause, a survivor would be entitled to 50% of the DIC benefit.
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Increase the amount of DIC to 55% of the rate of monthly compensation received by a totally disabled veteran.
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We fully support the Caring for Survivors Act, which is in accordance with DAV Resolution Nos. 002 and 162, calling for reducing the 10-year rule and reforming DIC benefits.
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Please use the prepared email to contact your Senators and Representative to co-sponsor the Caring for Survivors Act. Thank you for supporting service-disabled veterans, their families and survivors.
On January 12, 2023, Rep. Sanford Bishop (Ga.) introduced H.R. 333, the Disabled Veterans Tax Termination Act.
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This bill would permit retired members of the Armed Forces who have a service-connected disability rated 40% and below to receive concurrent payment of both retired pay and veterans’ disability compensation. The bill would also make permanent the eligibility for concurrent receipt for Chapter 61 disability retirees who retired with less than 20 years of service.
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DAV supports H.R. 333, as it would end the unfair policy of requiring certain military retirees to forfeit some of their retired pay in order to receive equal amounts of disability compensation from the Department of Veterans Affairs or, in the case of Chapter 61 retirees, having them choose between the two benefits. This legislation is in accordance with DAV Resolution No. 092 and would eliminate the bar to concurrent receipt of these benefits for all retirees. Â
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Please use the prepared letter or draft your own to urge your representative to support and cosponsor H.R. 333. As always, we appreciate your support for DAV and thank you for participating in the Commander’s Action Network.
Dedicated to educate all members on
their responsibility to our
organization.
The link listed below is the US Code that recognizes us
The DAV (Disabled American Veterans)
within the United States and went in to effect in 1932 after
ten years of heated debates and discussion
This routes to an official government website.
Our Government & Our Organization
uses the Robert's Rules Of Order to run meetings and get things done.
As it can seem overwhelming,
Here is a video explaining the basics of Robert's Rules:
When watching the video it's is best to view it in full screen.
Full screen mode may be achieve by clicking the little box in the far bottom right corner of the video.
Below are Our New York State Resources and Governmental Links.
About The New York State Senate:
The New York State Senate is the upper house of the New York State Legislature. Its sixty-three members represent New York State and its more than 19 million citizens. The legislature’s primary purpose is to draft and approve changes to the laws of New York.
These changes are driven by complex public policy issues. To effectively represent the will of the people, senators must gain a deep understanding of those issues and how they impact New Yorkers.
This website aids in that effort. NYSenate.gov is designed to increase public participation in the legislative process. By facilitating efficient communication between individual New Yorkers and the senators who represent them, lawmakers are able to craft a better set of laws by which we are governed.
The State Senate convenes at the State Capitol in Albany.
About The New York State Assembly:
The New York State Assembly is the lower house of the New York State Legislature, with the New York State Senate being the upper house. There are 150 seats in the Assembly. Assembly members serve two-year terms without term limits.
The Assembly convenes at the State Capitol in Albany.
Department of New York
Constitution and Bylaws
Department Of New York C and B.pdf
