Philippine Veterans Affairs Office

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| name = Philippine Veterans Affairs Office

| seal = Philippine Veterans Affairs Office (PVAO).svg

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| formed = {{Start date|1946|10|18}}

| jurisdiction = Republic of the Philippines

| headquarters = Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City

| employees = 312 (2024){{Cite web |last=Department of Budget and Management |title=Staffing Summary Fiscal Year 2024 |url=https://www.dbm.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/Staffing/STAFFING2024/STAFFING-SUMMARY-2024.pdf |access-date=April 24, 2025}}

| budget = {{Philippine peso|615.646}} million (FY 2023 GAA)[https://www.dbm.gov.ph/images/pdffiles/2023-Peoples-Enacted-Budget.pdf?fbclid=IwAR35kJxxFrqAf7JdvBDf0JIjCw615tJ24JNabmtWIo39fQvNKqwNcg29l4Q DBM 2023 Peoples Enacted Budget] [https://pvao.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Budget-2023.pdf?fbclid=IwAR1dAk_i9QmFonuR9FIcfyLdSSAjCJAc2KYEQPBYzu2GMcMXeAToN1hIRGI PVAO Budget and Expenditure Program 2023]

| chief1_name = USec. Reynaldo B. Mapagu

| chief1_position = Administrator

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| parent_department = Department of National Defense

| website = {{URL|https://pvao.gov.ph}}

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The Philippine Veterans Affairs Office (PVAO; Filipino: Tanggapan ng Ugnayang Pambeterano ng Pilipinas{{cite book |editor1-last=Narvaez |editor1-first=Eilene Antoinette |editor2-last=Macaranas |editor2-first=Edgardo |title=Mga Pangalan ng Tanggapan ng Pamahalaan sa Filipino |date=2013 |publisher=Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino |isbn=978-971-0197-22-4 |page=6 |edition=2013 |url=http://kwf.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Mga-ng-Pangalan-Tanggapan-sa-Filipino2.pdf |access-date=October 26, 2024 |language=fil |archive-date=March 29, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170329025354/http://kwf.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Mga-ng-Pangalan-Tanggapan-sa-Filipino2.pdf |url-status=live}}) is the Philippine agency for Filipino war veterans. Under the Department of National Defense,{{Cite news|url=http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/nation/362543/general-alarm-battle-brews-over-veterans-affairs/story/|title=General alarm: Battle brews over veterans' affairs|work=GMA News Online|access-date=November 20, 2018|language=en-US}} PVAO serves to fulfill a national commitment as embodied in Section 7, Article XVI of the 1987 Philippine Constitution:

“The State shall provide immediate and adequate care, benefits and other forms of assistance to war veterans and veterans of military campaigns, their surviving spouses and orphans. Funds shall be provided therefor and due consideration shall be given them in the disposition of agricultural lands of the public domain and, in appropriate cases, in the utilization of natural resources.”{{Cite web|url=http://www.etravelpilipinas.com/about_philippines/general_provisions.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091001025646/http://www.etravelpilipinas.com/about_philippines/general_provisions.htm|url-status=usurped|archive-date=October 1, 2009|title=ARTICLE XVI: General Provisions - 1987 Philippine Constitution {{!}} Etravel Pilipinas|last=Pilipinas|first=Etravel|website=www.etravelpilipinas.com|access-date=November 20, 2018}}

PVAO's core functions include the administration of veteran’s pension and benefits, memorialization of veterans’ heroic deeds, and promotion of policies and management of services for veterans’ affairs and welfare.