The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has introduced a new regulation change regarding character of discharge determinations, aimed at broadening access to VA benefits for former service members, ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs wants to provide grants to expand legal support for veterans barred from receiving VA benefits, because they received an other-than-honorable discharge as a result ...

The agreement, which was reached in January, will allow veterans who received a less than honorable discharge because of their sexual orientation to be eligible for an immediate review and an upgrade ...

It’s been more than a decade since Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel issued a 2014 memo calling for “liberal consideration” of discharge upgrade requests from veterans with symptoms of post-traumatic ...

A 96-year-old Army and Air Force veteran, Earl Wisener, is fighting the VA after officials denied most of his compensation claim for lack of proof of his 1955 honorable Air Force discharge. -That ...

Financial advisors serving LGBTQ veterans who were kicked out of the military due to their sexual orientation could help them get a new discharge status — and reinstated benefits — under a pending ...

The Pentagon's proactive action last week to upgrade discharge codes for hundreds of LGBTQ+ veterans applied only to those forced out under Don't Ask, Don't Tell, leaving out the thousands separated ...

WASHINGTON — More than 800 LGBTQ+ veterans kicked out of the military for their sexuality under the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy will have their honor restored, the Pentagon announced Tuesday. The ...

Earl Wisener’s claim for VA benefits was denied because proof of his honorable discharge was among the military records ...