A less-than-Honorable discharge doesn’t have to be permanent. Steven J. Goralski has successfully upgraded discharges through Discharge Review Boards and Boards for Correction of Military Records. Your discharge characterization determines your eligibility for the GI Bill, VA healthcare, home loans, and more — and you have the right to seek a change.
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Your discharge characterization determines your eligibility for the GI Bill, VA healthcare, VA disability compensation, home loan guarantees, and state veterans’ benefits. It also affects federal and state employment, security clearances, and how the world perceives your military service. If your discharge was unjust — issued without proper consideration of mitigating factors like PTSD, TBI, military sexual trauma, or service-connected conditions — you have the right to seek an upgrade.
There are two primary avenues for upgrading a discharge: the Discharge Review Board (DRB), which can review cases within 15 years of discharge, and the Board for Correction of Military/Naval Records (BCMR/BCNR), which has no time limit. We prepare your application, craft the legal arguments, gather supporting documentation including medical records and personal statements, and guide you through every step.
Every Day You Wait Is Another Day Without Your Benefits
The Department of Defense has issued guidance directing review boards to give ‘liberal consideration’ to discharge upgrade applications — particularly where the service member’s conduct may have been influenced by PTSD, TBI, MST, or other mental health conditions. This applies even if the condition was not diagnosed during service. We know how to frame your case under these guidelines to maximize your chances of success.
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Steven J. Goralski, with Military Defense Litigator, LLC, primary serves Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune and Fort Bragg. Serving these two locations allows service members in these two locations access to experienced, genuine and effective representation.
Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville, NC is home to II Marine Expeditionary Force. It is the largest Marine Corps Base on the East Coast. The location allows for amphibious training and its close proximity to two deep water ports allows rapid deployment worldwide.
Fort Bragg in Fayetteville, NC, by population is the largest military installation in the world with over 50,000 active duty service members. It also houses two airfields allowing quick deployment worldwide.
Available to represent service members throughout CONUS and world wide facing investigation and charges under the UCMJ.
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