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Five veteran-focused nonprofits urged President Joe Biden this week to pardon thousands of veterans with other-than-honorable military discharges before he leaves the White House in January. In a ...

More than 100,000 troops left the service with other-than-honorable discharges in the last 10 years. The consequences of a bad discharge can last... Help Is Hard To Get For Veterans After A Bad ...

A new federal lawsuit says the Pentagon should change the discharge paperwork of the tens of thousands of service members who were forced out of the military because of their sexuality. Until 2011, ...

Three out of every five service members in the armed forces discharged for misconduct had mental health issues like post traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury or other “adjustment” issues ...

The stigma of an unfavorable discharge from the service can have life-long consequences. Even for wounded veterans, “bad paper” may preclude Veterans Affairs benefits including health care, ...

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Veterans who were kicked out of the military often get no VA health care or benefits — even if combat trauma caused their misbehavior.... Connecticut VA Opens Its Doors To 'Bad Paper' Veterans ...