How To Correct Military Records | Attorney Jocelyn Stewart | Correction of VA Military Records

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(00:00) Correcting Military Records

Jocelyn Stewart also known as the messy military lawyer on TikTok, Instagram, YouTube and you can also find the website https://www.ucmj-defender.com/

If you're a military member and you have had all the disservices and all of the injustices served upon you, you've appealed everything, you've applied for everything and now maybe you're facing the end of your service and maybe even after your service but you desperately want to correct the record, then the last Avenue that you have available

(00:31) Board of Correction of Military Records

to you are the processes through the board of Correction of military records. Each branch of service has its own distinct application process. And each branch of service, that are often called "uniform" is very not uniform. Each one has different criteria. Some can be sent in online, some have to be paper copies, some can even be faxed. Whichever one that you're going for, it's really important that you understand the process on those applications, which are standard DD forms.


(01:04) In Person Appearance vs File Review

There's also a mechanism to say "do you want to appear live and in person to try to address the board," or are you only wanting a file review. Each one of those has different permutations, and there's different strategies for each one. It's so important that you choose an advocate who knows and understands those intricacies and those various options because this is really the last chance that you have. There is a way to get two bites at the Apple on the correction of military records.

(01:35) Correction of Military Records Lawyer

Most often we recommend the in-person appearance. This doesn't mean they're going to give it to you, but you should always ask. We also have seen that there have been an increase in the number of successful applications whenever you do go out of your way to hire private counsel for some reason and we're not saying it's just, and we're not saying it's right. But there tends to be more attention given to the applications where an attorney is putting their name reputation and their firm on the line when you're applying for a correction of military records.

(02:04) Steps for Correction of Military Records

It is important that you have gone through all of the steps that led up to it if you're looking for an evaluation as to whether or not you could be successful in the correction of military records.

You should definitely schedule a consultation with a lawyer for correction of military records. We are ones to tell you that you just haven't met the criteria. It's so important to make sure that you've gone back through each stage and that you've availed yourself of all of the administrative remedies that you had before getting to that level.

(02:33) Final Stage of Correcting Military Records.

This is the final stage and if you have not exhausted all of your administrative remedies very often your application is just not going to be successful. We'll be the first to tell you if you should apply or not. There's a lot of people out there who will just take your money, just for the sake of it. We're not used car salesman and we're not here to do volume. We're here to do right by you as the veteran when you're making this application for a correction of military records.

(03:02) Documenting Evidence for Correction of Military Records.

It's so important that you are documenting all of the evidence that you have to demonstrate why this was an injustice. What's interesting is that the level for evidence at the correction of military records is actually easier than it was at the stage prior, even for an upgrade to your discharge that standard would be clear and convincing evidence, which is the highest standard of proof known to the law. It's not to say that these applications to correct military records are Easy by any stretch of the imagination.

(03:33) Finding a Lawyer to Correct Military Records.

Make sure that you find experienced Council who can guide you to the right way to even let you know your success options available to you.

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Jocelyn Stewart is a UCMJ court-martial attorney who specializes in defense of allegations of sexual assault for all branches of the military worldwide.

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