Veteran Status (A protected veteran as defined by the categories below, A veteran, but I am not a protected veteran, Not a veteran, I
do not wish to identify)
Veteran Status Explained
You are a PROTECTED VETERAN if any of the following categories apply to you:
- A "disabled veteran"
is one of the following:
- a veteran of the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service who is entitled to compensation (or who but for the receipt of military retired pay would be entitled to compensation) under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; or
- a person who was discharged or released from active duty because of a service-connected disability.
- A "recently separated veteran"
means any veteran during the three-year period beginning on the date of such veteran's discharge or release from active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval, or air service.
- An "active-duty wartime or campaign badge veteran"
means a veteran who served on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service during a war, or in a campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge has been authorized under the laws administered by the Department of Defense.
- An "Armed Forces service medal veteran"
means a veteran who, while serving on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service, participated in a United States military operation for which an Armed Forces service medal was awarded pursuant to Executive Order 12985.
You are a Veteran but not a protected veteran if you are an individual with other military service. Examples of non-protected veterans include current or previous Reservist or National Guard not called to active duty during a period of war and individuals who served during a period between the Korean Conflict, Vietnam Era and the Persian Gulf War that did not otherwise receive a campaign badge for a conflict.
