VA to restore benefits for LGBTQ vets who received other-than-honorable discharges: report
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The Department of Veterans Affairs will unveil plans Monday to restore full benefits for LGBT service members who left the military with a classification other than honorable discharge due to their sexual orientation, according to a report.
VA officials will announce the move on the 10-year anniversary of the policy’s repeal. White House officials are also set to hold an event commemorating the anniversary, according to the report.
Officials from the Department of Veterans Affairs did not immediately return a request for comment.
LGBTQ veterans with other-than-honorable discharges will gain access to VA medical care, disability and other benefits they did not previously receive. However, veterans who received dishonorable discharges or have a criminal record will not be eligible.