Discharge Upgrades / Character of Discharge Reviews | Texas Veterans Legal Aid Week

The week of November 7-13, 2022 marks Texas Veterans Legal Aid Week, which is coordinated by Texas Access to Justice Foundation (TAJF) in honor of Veterans Day. During this time, free legal services are offered and promoted to Texas veterans for a variety of civil legal issues surrounding benefits, medical care, disability, family law, and more. Lone Star Legal Aid's Military and Veterans Unit (MVU) hosted both in-person and virtual outreach events for clients and legal professionals alike. For this virtual outreach, MVU staff presented on discharge upgrades and character of discharge reviews. For information on veteran-specific legal assistance: 📞 Call toll-free, Monday through Friday, 8am-4pm 1-844-400-VETS (8387) ✉️ Email [email protected] 🌐 Visit www.lonestarlegal.org DISCLAIMER: This presentation is intended to serve as legal information and does not replace legal advice. ► Subscribe and hit the bell to see new videos:    / lstarlegal   ► Check out our website: https://www.lonestarlegal.org About Lone Star Legal Aid Lone Star Legal Aid is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit law firm focused on advocacy for low-income and underserved populations. We protect and advance the civil legal rights of the millions of Texans living in poverty. We focus our resources on: Maintaining, enhancing, and protecting income and economic stability; Preserving housing; Improving outcomes for children; Establishing and sustaining family safety and stability, health and well-being; and Assisting populations with special vulnerabilities, like those with disabilities, or who are elderly, homeless, or have limited English language skills. We serve 72 counties in Texas and 4 in Arkansas, an area that covers one-third of the state, including almost 60,000 square miles from Texarkana, down the Louisiana-Texas Gulf Coast state-line, to Matagorda Bay, and into Central Texas, an area with over 2 million Texans eligible for free legal services. We have 14 offices, and cover many practice areas, including consumer, landlord tenant, foreclosure, public benefits, environmental justice, disaster recovery, tax relief, fair housing, family law, domestic violence, sexual assault, crime victim rights, veterans benefits, and more. Lone Star Legal Aid does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, marital status, or military status, in any of its activities or operations. Contact Lone Star Legal Aid for more information on legal assistance: 📞 1 (800) 733 8394 🌐 http://www.lonestarlegal.org #law #legalaid #legalservices