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Army to Review Thousands of 'Bad Paper' Discharges in Court Settlement

29 Apr 2021
A federal court has approved a settlement in a lawsuit that requires the U.S. Army to review thousands of other-than-honorable discharges issued in the past decade to soldiers with mental health conditions or traumatic brain injuries.
Judge Charles Haight, with the U.S. District Court of Connecticut, approved the agreement Monday in the class-action suit formerly known as Kennedy v. McCarthy, which charged that the service wrongly discharged troops who engaged in misconduct but whose behavior may have been caused by a psychiatric condition or brain damage.
The Army announced in January that it would review all other-than-honorable discharges since April 17, 2011, for eligible service members, an estimated 3,500 active-duty, Reserve and National Guard troops affected by post-traumatic stress disorder or other psychiatric conditions, trauma related to sexual assault, or brain injury. ....

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'Dirty, Embarrassing Secret:' Veterans with PTSD Struggle to Shed Stigma of Bad Paper Discharges

Dirty, Embarrassing Secret: Veterans with PTSD Struggle to Shed Stigma of Bad Paper Discharges
The crisp silhouette of a 2-113th Infantry soldier is formed as the sun goes down marking the beginning of the night shift at Camp McGregor, New Mexico. (Jacqueline Robinson/New Jersey National Guard)
21 Apr 2021
A sailor helped prevent the sinking of the destroyer John S. McCain. A Marine received the Purple Heart when his vehicle was blown off the road in Afghanistan.
Both now bear the lifetime stigma of having their service branded as other than honorable by the military.
They are among thousands of veterans cut off from Department of Veterans Affairs benefits by so-called bad paper discharges despite a Defense Department directive and an act of Congress ordering discharge review boards to give liberal consideration to upgrades for those with diagnoses of post-traumatic stress or traumatic brain injury. ....

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