Approximately 1 in 7 veterans are discharged from the military under less than “Honorable” conditions. Veterans with less than “Honorable” discharges experience bias and stigma related to their discharge, which can lead to elevated risk for behavioral and mental health challenges and homelessness. This brief summarizes the different military discharge types, explains how less than “Honorable” discharges can affect veteran health, identifies groups of veterans who are at risk of receiving a less than “Honorable” discharge, and makes policy recommendations for the Department of Defense (DoD), civilian employers, and community healthcare providers
The mission of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (“VA”) is “[t]o care for him who shall have b...
[Excerpt] The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) offers a wide range of benefits and services to el...
Forward from Richmond Journal of Law and the Public Interest, Vol. XVII, regarding the Department of...
[Excerpt] This report discusses the discharge or separation requirement for veteran status or, more ...
Veterans who are discharged from military service due to misconduct are vulnerable to negative healt...
Veterans who are discharged from military service due to misconduct are vulnerable to negative healt...
BACKGROUND: Hundreds of thousands of Veterans have restricted Veteran benefits due to their characte...
About eighty-four percent of all military discharges are characterized as honorable, while the oth...
In recent years, the Department of Defense (DoD) has responded to the growing awareness of mental he...
Between 2011 and 2015, 57,141 soldiers, sailors, and airmen were separated from service with less-th...
U.S. military service members who are discharged from service for misconduct are at high risk for me...
Thousands of former military servicemembers have been discharged with other-than-honorable discharge...
The disability compensation system implemented by the Department of Veterans Affairs ( VA ) is highl...
Discharged servicemen, unable to find employment, complain that the military\u27s administrative dis...
Not all who have served are "veterans" in the eyes of the Department of Veterans Affairs. If the vet...
The mission of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (“VA”) is “[t]o care for him who shall have b...
[Excerpt] The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) offers a wide range of benefits and services to el...
Forward from Richmond Journal of Law and the Public Interest, Vol. XVII, regarding the Department of...
[Excerpt] This report discusses the discharge or separation requirement for veteran status or, more ...
Veterans who are discharged from military service due to misconduct are vulnerable to negative healt...
Veterans who are discharged from military service due to misconduct are vulnerable to negative healt...
BACKGROUND: Hundreds of thousands of Veterans have restricted Veteran benefits due to their characte...
About eighty-four percent of all military discharges are characterized as honorable, while the oth...
In recent years, the Department of Defense (DoD) has responded to the growing awareness of mental he...
Between 2011 and 2015, 57,141 soldiers, sailors, and airmen were separated from service with less-th...
U.S. military service members who are discharged from service for misconduct are at high risk for me...
Thousands of former military servicemembers have been discharged with other-than-honorable discharge...
The disability compensation system implemented by the Department of Veterans Affairs ( VA ) is highl...
Discharged servicemen, unable to find employment, complain that the military\u27s administrative dis...
Not all who have served are "veterans" in the eyes of the Department of Veterans Affairs. If the vet...
The mission of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (“VA”) is “[t]o care for him who shall have b...
[Excerpt] The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) offers a wide range of benefits and services to el...
Forward from Richmond Journal of Law and the Public Interest, Vol. XVII, regarding the Department of...