However, if you have one period of service ending in an HD or GD, or that would have ended that way if you had not reenlisted, you are eligible for benefits based on that period of service. This is true even if your last period of service ended with another type of discharge. See also 38 CFR Sec. 3.360 re medical care. Any discharge of less than an HD may make it very difficult for the veteran to get hired for a job.
Some veterans lie on their job application and are fired after the lie is discovered.
VA Character of Discharge Reviews A. 38 CFR Sec. Must provide that you service was under conditions other than dishonorable. Hearings conducted before a board of 5 officers in Washington DC area. Travel hearings occasionally conducted in other cities. Chances of winning increase dramatically with a hearing.