Army Review Panels Upgrading Discharge Statuses for Some Veterans With Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Army review boards are granting upgrades in discharge status to "small but record numbers" of veterans who have requested reviews of less-than-honorable discharges resulting from post-traumatic stress disorder, according to Yale Law School's Veterans Legal Services Clinic. New guidelines instruct independent boards charged with reviewing veterans' petitions seeking status upgrades to provide "liberal consideration" to PTSD symptoms at the time veterans were discharged and "special consideration" when VA has determined that a veteran might have had PTSD.
- "After Years, VA Now Considering PTSD as Factor in Discharges" (O'Reilly, Philadelphia Inquirer, 11/11).