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The Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs (DMVA) is urging veterans across the Commonwealth to seek ...
To be eligible for the reduced fee hunting and fishing license, applicants must be residents of Indiana, have at least a 0% (yes, zero) VA Rated Disability and have an honorable discharge.
Veterans who received an honorable discharge, but whose discharge form states that they separated from the armed services because of their sexual orientation, will be able to have that ...
The VA has a National Cemetery Scheduling Office that has implemented changes to its phone system allowing for direct one-source contact for obtaining information and scheduling burials in all ...
Under the settlement, the class members can seek new discharge paperwork through "a streamlined administrative change process" removing any indicators of their sexual orientation from Form DD-214 ...
The U.S. Department of Defense has agreed to overhaul its process for LGBTQ veterans to seek honorable discharges after they were barred from serving because of their sexual orientation, according ...
Department of Veterans Affairs healthcare is automatically available to those with honorable and general discharge characterizations. Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits, however, are reserved only for ...
Even a seemingly benign downgrade — from “honorable” to “general discharge under honorable conditions” — makes a difference.
More than 800 service members administratively separated from the military under the now-repealed policy will receive discharge upgrades.
Under “don’t ask, don’t tell,” thousands of service members still saw their military service ended without an honorable discharge, meaning they did not receive the military benefits they ...
The Department of Defense announced that the records of 800 members of the military who were kicked out under Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell (DADT) have been upgraded to receive honorable discharges.