Discharge Upgrades

Army Discharge Upgrades

Title 10, United States Code, Section 1553, is the law governing upgrading military discharges. This statute authorizes the Secretary of the service concerned "establish a board of review, consisting of five members, to review the discharge or dismissal (other than a discharge or dismissal by sentence of a general court-martial) of any former member of an armed forceunder the jurisdiction of his department upon its own motion or upon the request of the former member or, if he is dead, his surviving spouse, next of kin, or legal representative."

Court Martial Lawyer Michael Waddington represents Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps servicemembers facing UCMJ actions.