80,000 vets with PTSD could gain discharge upgrades (xpost from Veterans)

[unhappycamper]

http://gazette.com/80000-vets-with-ptsd-could-gain-discharge-upgrades/article/1538421

80,000 vets with PTSD could gain discharge upgrades
BY TOM PHILPOTT Military Update - • Published: September 28, 2014

As many as 80,000 veterans who suffered from post-traumatic stress and received other than honorable discharges can use evidence of their PTSD to petition service boards to upgrade the bad paper discharge.

At stake for individuals is removal of lifelong stigmas that have scarred reputations, limited job prospects and blocked critical veteran benefits.

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel this month directed that boards for correction of military records or naval records begin to "fully and carefully consider every petition based on PTSD brought by each veteran."

His Sept. 3 memo gives Army, Navy and Air Force secretaries "supplemental guidance" that boards are to use when petitioners seek discharge upgrades claiming that unrecognized PTSD caused the misbehavior that led to an other than honorable discharge.

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Please share this info with veterans.

[Autumn]

1. Here is a link that requires no registration.

http://www.nj.com/mercer/index.ssf/2014/09/military_update_80000_vets_with_ptsd_could_gain_discharge_upgrades.html

Thank you for finding this

[unhappycamper]

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[pinboy3niner]

3. +1, Brother