Discharge Upgrades & Military Record Changes

Below are several toolkits and resources that will help you assist a veteran in need. They include links to specific laws, regulations, and veteran resources. Please contact us if you know of a helpful tool that is not included here. 

 

Department of Defense Form 293 is used to request an upgrade of a military discharge from the appropriate discharge review board. You can access a fillable PDF version of the form here.

Before submitting this form, we strongly encourage you to review the other materials on this…

The Board reviews discharges of former soldiers, except discharges that were issued over 15 years ago or were given by sentence of a General Court Martial. Learn more about the Board in this article.

The Army Board for Correction of Military Records (ABCMR) is the highest level of administrative review within the Department of the Army with the mission to correct errors in or remove injustices from Army military records.