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Veterans

soryang

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4. i had some limited experience with this on active duty at one point

Reply to marble falls (Reply #2)

Thu Nov 19, 2020, 01:35 AM

Nov 2020

and then after active duty at the VA. I like to think saved a couple of soldiers from this problem up front but it was an institutional issue. For those that couldn't be helped say on admin discharges for misconduct, it was frustrating to just say well you can go to the discharge review board, because the process seemed so opaque. I particularly knew about the prejudice operating against vets with PTSD. This problem literally went back institutionally all the way. The earliest case of unfair treatment that i personally saw was with a Korean War combat vet.

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Army agrees to review thousands of 'bad paper' discharges as part of lawsuit settlement [View all] soryang Nov 2020 OP

This is good news. TomSlick Nov 2020 #1

Yes it is nt soryang Nov 2020 #3

This a huge "dirty little secret" in the military. marble falls Nov 2020 #2

i had some limited experience with this on active duty at one point soryang Nov 2020 #4

Hopefully the Senior Officer's Corps that perpetuated this attitude are dying off. denbot Dec 2020 #5

Not only the officers but also the medical community soryang Dec 2020 #6

spn number on dd214 Doc_Technical Dec 2020 #7