Veteran Service Organizations File Lawsuit to Compel VA to Amend its Character of Discharge Regulations
Washington, D.C., Oct. 24, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, two veterans service organizations filed a lawsuit in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to compel the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to issue regulations amending the VA’s Character of Discharge process.
- Washington, D.C., Oct. 24, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, two veterans service organizations filed a lawsuit in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to compel the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to issue regulations amending the VA’s Character of Discharge process.
- Under the current rules, thousands of veterans with less than honorable discharges are unjustly denied VA benefits.
- Less than honorable discharges often result from minor disciplinary infractions that are symptomatic of trauma or experiences of injustice during military service.
- Joseph Effiong, a Marine Corps combat veteran who deployed twice to Iraq, was denied VA benefits because of his less than honorable discharge and the regulations that the VA long ago agreed to amend.