The Mayer Law Blog

Updated DD Form 293 (DEC 2019 Edition) for Discharge Review Boards

Posted January 27th, 2020

In December, the Department of Defense updated the DD Form 293, which is necessary to begin a case at any of the discharge review boards. The newest version bears the date Dec 2019 in the lower-left corner of the form and must be used for all future applications. The new form can be found here… Read More

Automatic Discharge Upgrades

Posted January 16th, 2020

Every now and then, discharge upgrade lawyers like to remind everyone of something very, very important about military discharges. It may sound simple, but it is so popular that it deserves its own post. Less-than-honorable discharges do not upgrade automatically. Ever.