LexisNexis Adds All Content
from US Department of Defense Boards for the Correction of Military Records to
Lexis Advance
Addition helps veterans and
advocates address service records and discharge status preventing access to
needed veteran care and services
NEW
YORK, November 9, 2017 – LexisNexis Legal & Professional today announced
that it has added the US Department of Defense (DOD) Boards for the Correction
of Military Records to its flagship Lexis Advance offering, creating the only
online resource for veterans and their advocates to search military record
change information from each branch of the military, comprehensively and all in
one place. The action is part of the company’s ongoing Pro Bono Task Force work
to support American military veterans.
“All
of us at LexisNexis are proud to help veterans by providing them and their
representatives the tools and resources they need to address military service
and discharge records that prevent veterans from accessing vital care and
services,” said Kermit Lowery, retired US Army JAG Officer and current vice
president of legal for the North American Legal Research Solutions business of
LexisNexis.
The
unique set of content added by LexisNexis contains more than 127,000 decisions
and changes addressing errors or removing injustices to individual military
records and discharge status of service members in the United States Army, Air
Force, Navy (including Marine Corps) and Coast Guard between 2008 to the
present. It is sourced from the DOD BCMR Board of Decisions and is now, for the
first time, offered in a combined, searchable database on Lexis Advance through
the Premier Federal Core Agency & Admin Materials collection.
Access
to a unified database of this information is a helpful new tool for individual
veterans and the lawyers, organizations and others who advocate for them. The
ability to conduct a single search, find and assess changes to military records
and discharge status across all branches of the military helps advocates find
precedent and see trends and patterns into what worked to achieve a record
change or discharge upgrade when it was legitimately warranted. This is particularly
important for veterans suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) or
Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI) who may have been discharged under less than
honorable circumstances, preventing their access to VA health care services, VA
home loans, educational benefits and temporary shelter if homeless.
“Any
veteran suffering from PTSD and TBI has legitimate health concerns, and they
should be treated as such,” said Lowery. “For those facing challenges getting
the care and services they need based on their discharge status, if we can help
them and their legal advocates find ways to open up access to those services
where warranted, we feel we are doing the right thing by the men and women who
serve our country,” said Lowery.
About the LexisNexis Pro Bono Task Force
The LexisNexis Pro Bono Task Force is
a group within LexisNexis responsible for managing the company's pro bono
activities to maximize the value realized from those activities, both by the
company and by the group beneficiaries. The Pro Bono Task Force identifies
appropriate pro bono opportunities, encourages LexisNexis employees to use
their two paid pro bono volunteering days per year with approved pro bono organizations,
coordinates the donation of equipment and services to approved pro bono
organizations, and develops programs and policies to foster the long term
success of the company's pro bono initiative.
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