Benefits would be restored for veterans discharged for sexual orientation under proposed court settlementThe settlement would make it easier for veterans to have discharge papers changed to remove references to sexual orientation and ease access to health care, loans and tuition assistance from the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Bill would make it easier for veterans who signed secrecy oaths for covert ops to obtain back benefitsThe OATH Act would lift a mandate that requires veterans to apply for benefits within one year of leaving military service to receive compensation dating back to their discharge. It specifically identifies Vietnam-era service members who were human test subjects from the mid-1950s to the early 1970s.