You have a minimum of six months before you can appeal it. Do not expect your appeal to go your way - while it's commonly believed that this is typically the case, the fact of the matter is that most appeals of a characterization of service for a discharge are rejected, and the SM remains discharged with an OTH.
For honorable discharge, from 2 to 6 months.
Military pay ends on the date of discharge, for honorable, general under honorable, general under less than honorable, and dishonoralbe discharges. There are no residual benefits for less than honorable or dishonorable discharges.
It doesn't. The only way for a General (under honorable conditions) discharge to be upgraded is to go before the Board of appeals. Even then, your chances of getting an upgrade are slim (less than 1%) Even in the best of situations, if you did successfully appeal and get an upgrade, it would still be on your records because that (Honorable) was not the original characterization of discharge, and there is a code that identifies it as such. The above answer is partially correct. The characterization of service does not automatically upgrade to Honorable...ever. Members can apply to the Discharge Review Board (DRB) for their respective service to be considered for a change of characterization. Upgrades are few and far between.
usually you are entitled to benefits as long as you do not have a dishonorable discharge that voids your benefits
A COG (Convenience of the Government) Discharge is the government's way of backing out of its commitment to an enlisted person without doing harm to that person's future. They are most often used to cancel the contract when the recruit is injured in training to the point where there is a long recovery time or a full recovery is not anticipated. It is a "good" discharge so long as the word "honorable" is attached to it. With an honorable discharge a person is able to claim military service and, in many cases, even enlist again once the physical problem has resolved itself. He is also most probably eligible for a 5-point Federal Civilian Service hiring preference as a veteran. It is an administrative discharge (as opposed to a judicial discharge like a dishonorable or bad conduct discharge).
Since the repeal of DADT, Don't ask, don't tell, they get a regular honorable discharge as long as they serve their enlistment and don't get in trouble. Just being Gay is no longer a reason to be discharged.
There is no reason why you cannot. As long as your discharge is honorable, there should be no problem. The ranks don't transfer, but the time in service does. And the experience will allow you to be promoted faster.
You always have white discharge. But you can get medicine at a pharmacy that will get rid of your infection.
Their prior service will decide that. If they were discharged with an Honorable Discharge, there should be no issue, as long as they are still healthy. There is usually a comment on the DD214 that references re-enlistment status.
First off, you either received a medical discharge or an honorable discharge. If the injury occured while in title 10 status then it should take a few months. If it was during a weekend drill, you will have to check with the local state employment office on injuries sustained while at work for their answer.
No
A military discharge cant be removed from your record