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TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF OUR LOCAL MILITARY SERVICE MEMBERS, VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES BY FOSTERING AND COORDINATING SUPPORT FROM BUSINESSES, ORGANIZATIONS, INSTITUTIONS AND COMMUNITIES; AND BY PROMOTING AWARENESS OF THE MILITARYS ROLE IN DEFENDING AMERICA THROUGH EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND PUBLIC EVENTS

The National Veterans Council for Legal Redress is a Connecticut based Veterans' service organization has been impacting Veterans lives since 1982. NVCLR assists Veterans with legal services if, they have been diagnosed with PTSD and received a less than honorable discharge. And then NVCLR helps Veterans to get their discharge upgraded. NVCLR is responsible for helping to get the Hagel memo instituted along with the former Secretary of State Chuck Hagel. The memo stated that "if a Veteran have been diagnose by a Psychiatrist with a diagnose PTSD than the Veteran should be given special consideration for getting less than honorable discharge upgraded." NVCLR is also responsible for erecting the Vietnam Monument that is located on Long Wharf in New Haven, CT