Last month, the Pentagon automatically granted honorable discharges to 800 of the estimated 13,000 veterans who had been ...

LGBTQ+ veterans who were denied an honorable discharge when they were separated will also be eligible for an immediate review to upgrade their discharges. The settlement, which must still be ...

Lawyers for the plaintiffs said in a statement that the settlement would help thousands of veterans by restoring the recognition and access to benefits that come with an honorable discharge.

Veterans who received other-than-honorable discharges were precluded from receiving benefits from the VA unless they could prove “mitigating circumstances” before a discharge review board.

Policy was in place from 1993 to 2011 Sexual orientation to be removed from discharge paperwork More ... of Defense will consider granting honorable discharges to more than 30,000 gay and bisexual ...

If they were denied an honorable discharge, those veterans would also be eligible for an immediate upgrade review. Service members who have discharges with characterizations other than honorable ...

Gay and lesbian veterans denied an honorable discharge because of their sexuality may be eligible for an expedited upgrade review, according to the agreement, the result of a yearlong legal battle.

(Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Defense will consider granting honorable discharges to more ... to have their sexual orientation removed from discharge paperwork. The department also agreed ...