Margaret Kuzma, Elizabeth R. Gwin, Daniel L. Nagin, Daniel L. Nagin

Military Discharge Upgrade Legal Practice Manual (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The need for a comprehensive guide to discharge upgrade practice could not be more critical. A 2020 report found that hundreds of thousands of veterans have been, or are at risk of being, unjustly denied benefits because they have received less-than-honorable discharges. Many of these veterans have experienced trauma (including combat trauma and Military Sexual Trauma), mental health conditions or medical conditions (such as Post-Traumatic Stress and Traumatic Brain Injury), or discrimination (based on race, sex, or LGBTQ status) while in the military.

The Manual covers fact investigation, legal research, and case strategy in advocating for discharge upgrades before military review boards. Each representation stage receives detailed attention, from initial intake to administrative proceedings to federal court review.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: American Bar Association
• Seitenzahl: 758
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. November 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781641058926
• Artikelnr.: 62878010

Autorenporträt

Margaret Kuzma is an attorney in the Veterans Legal Clinic at the Legal Services Center of Harvard Law School, where her work focuses on complex discharge upgrade petitions. Previously, she directed the Veterans Inclusion Project and the Discharge Upgrade Practice at the Connecticut Veterans Legal Center. She has been a Visiting Clinical Lecturer with the Veterans Legal Services Clinic at Yale Law School, and she cofounded the Veterans Law Project at Quinnipiac University School of Law. Prior to becoming a public interest attorney, Ms. Kuzma ran the Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Program for Fort Benning and U.S. Army Garrison Baumholder.

Inhaltsangabe

About the Authors xvii
About the Contributors xix
Acknowledgments xxi
Preface xxiii
Introduction xlv
Glossary of Common Discharge Upgrade Acronyms and Terms liii
PART I. INTRODUCTION TO MILITARY AND DISCHARGE UPGRADE LEGAL STRUCTURES 1
Chapter 1. Introduction to Military Structures and Military Law 3
Chapter 2. Law of Discharge Upgrades 45
PART II. BUILDING A CASE 129
Chapter 3. Intake and Record Development 131
Chapter 4. Supporting Statements and Working with Experts 171
Chapter 5. Writing a Persuasive Brief 189
Chapter 6. Identifying Contentions 213
Chapter 7. Final Steps 287
PART III. SPECIFIC CASE TYPES 335
Chapter 8. Mental Health and Less-Than-Honorable Discharges 337
Chapter 9. Military Sexual Trauma and
Less-Than-Honorable Discharges 405
Chapter 10. Condition Not a Disability Based Discharges: The Misuse of
Personality and Adjustment Disorders 435
Chapter 11. Discrimination-Based Discharges 463
Chapter 12. LGBTQ Veterans 495
Chapter 13. Medical Separations and Retirements 543
Chapter 14. Alcohol and Drug Use Separations 567
Chapter 15. Entry-Level Separations, Uncharacterized Discharges, and
Defective Enlistments 599
Chapter 16. National Guard and Reserve 623
Chapter 17. Discharge Status and Immigration Concerns 639
Chapter 18. Special Vietnam-Era Review Programs 647
PART IV. THE ALTERNATE PATH OF A VA CHARACTER OF DISCHARGE DETERMINATION
657
Chapter 19. VA Character of Discharge Determinations 659