The Southeastern Paralyzed Veterans of America, Inc (SEPVA) is one of 32 chapters of the Washington D.C. based Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA). As a Congressionally chartered veterans service organization not an agency of the federal government, the SEPVA has been assisting veterans with spinal cord injuries or disease, to include Multiple Sclerosis and ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, better known as Lou Gehrig's Disease) since 1975.