DAV Pay Outrages Veterans

Veterans this week were outraged when they learned how much Disabled American Veteran’s (DAV) executives were being paid. DAV’s top three executives earned over $1 million in compensation during 2011, according to the DAV’s IRS From 990. That revelation may force DAV from the moral high-ground it claimed recently in its quest to cap advocates fee in veteran disability claims.

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