Veterans Services Mobile Office in Yorktown Oct. 22

A certified mobile service office (MSO), which assists veterans in dealings with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), will in the parking lot of the Jefferson Valley Mall on Thursday, Oct. 22.

The van is equipped with on-board computers and staffed by certified DAV Service Officers, who are professionally trained to assist all veterans, not just DAV members, in dealing with the VA in the filing of claims, claim follow ups and general claim information.

Veterans do not have to be Westchester County or New York residents to use the van’s services.

“We get a lot of Veterans who come to the van who are getting information for the first time,” said Michael Hartnett, commander of DAV Chapter #137, N.Y. “The van provides such an important service to the Veterans.”

All veterans will be served in order of arrival and should bring a copy of his or her DD-214 military discharge papers.

The DAV is one of the oldest and most prestigious Veterans Service Agencies in the Unites States. It was officially chartered by the United States Congress in 1931. It is widely acclaimed by many as the most helpful of active Veterans Service Agencies. In addition to many physical locations throughout the United States, the DAV sponsors the traveling MSO van, which covers all areas of the U.S. east of the Mississippi.