Nov 9, 2021DISCHARGE UPGRADE LAWSUIT SETTLEMENTRated 0 out of 5 stars.No ratings yethttps://www.mankersettlement.com/?fbclid=IwAR3mn37AIe4m6TiFzhKVAe9JXae3J084b0Jhi21ZdlAyMEhoAuGuC9EFMao The Navy has agreed to review and potentially upgrade other-than-honorable discharges given to Navy and Marine Corps veterans dating back to March 2012, as part of a settlement reached this month. The agreement [...] orders the Navy Discharge Review Board to reconsider cases in which the board denied upgrades despite evidence that veterans were struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury or military sexual trauma when they separated from the military.The Veterans Legal Services Clinic of Yale Law School is seeking other veterans who might be part of the class-action settlement. Veterans affected by the settlement can submit written comments to the court or appear at the hearing Dec. 16 to offer their opinions on the agreement. The clinic is asking those veterans to go to mankersettlement.com to learn if they meet the criteria for the case. In addition to reviewing cases going back to 2012, the settlement would require the Navy to allow veterans with bad paper discharges going back to 2001 to reapply for a discharge upgrade.
https://www.mankersettlement.com/?fbclid=IwAR3mn37AIe4m6TiFzhKVAe9JXae3J084b0Jhi21ZdlAyMEhoAuGuC9EFMao The Navy has agreed to review and potentially upgrade other-than-honorable discharges given to Navy and Marine Corps veterans dating back to March 2012, as part of a settlement reached this month. The agreement [...] orders the Navy Discharge Review Board to reconsider cases in which the board denied upgrades despite evidence that veterans were struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury or military sexual trauma when they separated from the military.The Veterans Legal Services Clinic of Yale Law School is seeking other veterans who might be part of the class-action settlement. Veterans affected by the settlement can submit written comments to the court or appear at the hearing Dec. 16 to offer their opinions on the agreement. The clinic is asking those veterans to go to mankersettlement.com to learn if they meet the criteria for the case. In addition to reviewing cases going back to 2012, the settlement would require the Navy to allow veterans with bad paper discharges going back to 2001 to reapply for a discharge upgrade.
