{"data":{"id":"us/20-cfr-1002.137","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"20 CFR 1002.137","heading":"If the employee receives a disqualifying discharge or release from uniformed service and it is later upgraded, will reemployment rights be restored?","body":"Yes. A military review board has the authority to prospectively or retroactively upgrade a disqualifying discharge or release. A retroactive upgrade would restore reemployment rights providing the employee otherwise meets the Act's eligibility criteria.","path":["Title 20—Employees' Benefits","CHAPTER IX—OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR VETERANS' EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR","PART 1002—REGULATIONS UNDER THE UNIFORMED SERVICES EMPLOYMENT AND REEMPLOYMENT RIGHTS ACT OF 1994","Subpart C—Eligibility For Reemployment"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-20.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:45Z","sha256":"5e236b475bba6609548d361623fd79e098de17e15ba52d929b7b3c0af92b50e5","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/20-cfr-1002.136","next":"us/20-cfr-1002.138"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}