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What will justify a
discharge upgrade?
The best reason to get your
discharge upgraded is because the characterization of service you received
was unfair, unjustified, or inequitable. An attorney with experience in
military discharge upgrades can evaluate your request, and advise you of
your chances of success. Examples of an unfair characterization of service
include that the standards employed at the time you were discharged are no
longer in effect (for example, homosexuality,) your age or inexperience at
the time you were discharged, a lack of due process at the time you were
discharged, etc. Frequently, we hear that the attorney who advised the
service member erroneously told them that their discharge would be
“automatically” upgraded six months after the discharge, and that the
service member would otherwise have fought the discharge.
In addition, the Discharge Review Board
will want to know what you have been doing since your discharge. A
clean record, volunteer work, completing your education, etc., will
all help before the Discharge Review Board.
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