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The DAV was a huge help in working with the VA when I filed a disability claim. Their services are free, but I was so grateful for their assistance and impressed with the organization that I joined right away. I highly recommend the Disabled American Veterans organization.

I too am grateful for the assistance I recieved in filing for my disability claims about a year ago. The guys manning the local office at the Houston VA have been a lot of help with that. They however thought they were being helpful when they steered me to what they said was a local active chapter in my neck of the woods.

Went by the address they supplied me and the building (an old canteen/dancehall/gameroom) was all boarded up and appeared to have been for sometime. I visited a web site for the national DAV and only found mention of a Forth Worth, TX chapter as being the supposedly only other chapter near me.

I live about 40+ miles north of Houston (just barely due south of Cleveland, Tx) and the Porter, Tx chapter was the nearest to me supposedly. How can I find out what chapter really is nearest me in the 77372 zip code?

Disabled American Veterans
VA Medical Center
4500 S. Lancaster, Rm. 1B148F
Dallas, TX 75216
(214) 857-1119

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Disabled American Veterans
VA Contact Office
5788 Eckhert Road, Rm. 2B136
San Antonio, TX 78240
(210) 699-2359

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Disabled American Veterans
VA Regional Office
One Veterans Plaza, 701 Clay St.
Waco, TX 76799
(254) 299-9932

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Disabled American Veterans
VA Regional Office
6900 Almeda Road, Rm. 1033
Houston, TX 77030-4200
(713) 794-3665

Here's contact information for the Texas Offices. They may be able to point you to a Chapter near you.

ron, my brother had to go to the DAV office in LOS Angeles, about 90 miles from our hometown. It's so worth it. Once the initial paperwork is finished you probably don't have to go right to the office. Maybe you can talk to them about opening a branch closer to you.