VVA’s goals are to promote and support the full range of issues important to Vietnam veterans, to create a new identity for this generation of veterans, and to change public perception of Vietnam veterans. VVA strives to achieve the following:

• Aggressively advocate on issues important to veterans

• Seek full access to quality health care for veterans

• Identify the full range of disabling injuries and illnesses incurred during military service

• Hold government agencies accountable for following laws mandating veterans health care

• Create a positive public perception of Vietnam veterans

• Seek the fullest possible accounting of America’s POWs and MIAs

• Support the next generation of America’s war veterans

• Serve our communities