03-12-2015, 12:09 PM
motoxxx_ryder Wrote:more run around from the VA, these men risk it all to keep our freedoms from those abroad while those stateside try and take them, only to come home and have back turned on them by those who should have open arms trying to help at every corner. I cant donate yet but will come friday/saturday when i get paid.
this makes me even madder because my GF dad got dishonorably discharged and called his JAG brother to get it changed to other then honorable so he can still reap the VA benefits and yet this young man who actually needs the help of the VA is turned away....
MX:
If the ailment is not recorded in your health records on leaving the service, the VA can not rate it.
He may get a doctor to say he has a problem but if he can not prove the problem is service connected, the VA will not accept it.
He will most likely have to get his congressman involved.
As for discharges, normally Other than Honerable discharges are automatically upgraded to Honorable after a period of time. Dishonorable on the other hand -- are due to courts martial an a JAG officer can't get them undone without another courts martial or review board of some sort. Something tells me if anything, it was an 'Other Than Honorable' that was upgraded after a period of time.