MLM 102 - Manker v. Sec. of the Navy - Navy reconsiders certain NDRB applications

*A lawsuit was filed alleging that since the start of military operations  in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Navy and Marine Corps discharged thousands  of Sailors and Marines with Other Than Honorable ("OTH") or General  (Under Honorable Conditions) ("GEN") statuses due to misconduct  attributable to post-traumatic stress disorder ("PTSD"), traumatic brain  injury ("TBI"), military sexual trauma ("MST"), and other behavioral  health conditions ("OBH"). Furthermore, the lawsuit alleges that  veterans who experienced PTSD, TBI, MST, or OBH in service and received  OTH and GEN discharges were systematically denied status upgrades by the  Navy Discharge Review Board ("NDRB"). The Navy has agreed to settle the  lawsuit while denying these allegations.
The Court certified a class in this civil action (the “Settlement Class”) defined as follows:
"Veterans who served during the Iraq and  Afghanistan Era—defined as the period between October 7, 2001 and  February 15, 2022—who:

were discharged from the Navy, Navy Reserves, Marine Corps, or  Marine Corps Reserve with less-than-Honorable statuses, including  General and Other-than-Honorable discharges but excluding Bad Conduct or  Dishonorable discharges;
have not received upgrades of their discharge statuses to Honorable from the NDRB; and
have diagnoses of PTSD, TBI, or other related mental health  conditions, or records documenting one or more symptoms of PTSD, TBI, or  other related mental health conditions at the time of discharge,  attributable to their military service under the Hagel Memo standards of  liberal or special consideration.”


*verbatim text from https://www.mankersettlement.com/
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