Margaret Kuzma, Elizabeth R Gwin Gwin, Dana Montalto, Daniel L Nagin

Military Discharge Upgrade Legal Practice Manual

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This landmark publication--the first of its kind in 30 years--enables advocates to successfully represent veterans who unjustly received less-than-honorable or other stigmatizing discharges. Written by attorneys from the Legal Services Center of Harvard Law School's Veterans Legal Clinic and Connecticut Veterans Legal Center, this book helps bring honor and life-altering benefits to veterans.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: American Bar Association
• Seitenzahl: 758
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. November 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 43mm
• Gewicht: 1406g
• ISBN-13: 9781641058919
• ISBN-10: 1641058919
• Artikelnr.: 62821599

Autorenporträt

By Margaret Kuzma; Dana Montalto; Betsy Gwin and Daniel Nagin

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