125,000 Veterans Who Served Since 2001 Excluded from Basic Veteran Services
Approximately 125,000 post-9/11 veterans with bad paper discharges are being wrongfully excluded from basic veteran services by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), says a new white paper issued today by Swords to Plowshares and the National Veterans Legal Services Program (NVLSP). The culprit is VA’s own regulations, which do not match eligibility standards set up by Congress in 1944 in the original GI Bill of Rights. [more]
Released 3/30/16 | Tags: Discharge Upgrades, Veteran's Benefits
Released 3/30/20 at Detroit Free Press | Tags: Discharge Upgrades, PTSD, Veteran's Benefits
NVLSP Senior Staff Attorney David Sonenshine offers his insights on discharge upgrade issues. [more]
Released 6/10/19 at Washington City Paper | Tags: Discharge Upgrades, Veteran's Benefits
“It is none of anyone’s business and should never be on a discharge certificate,” says Rochelle Bobroff, director of Lawyers Serving Warriors, a pro bono legal services program for veterans. “If we can remove any mention of sexuality, that is a victory.” [more]
Released 6/2/19 at NYU School of Law | Tags: Agent Orange, Class Actions, Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, Discharge Upgrades, Veteran's Benefits
When Bart Stichman ’74 first began working on behalf of veterans rights more than 40 years ago, he says, “veterans were really treated as second-class citizens.” [more]