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Outside of the small subset of automatic “don’t ask, don’t tell” upgrades, everyone else has been left to apply for an upgrade on their own.

Upgrade requests for “don’t ask, don’t tell”-era veterans have increased across the board, but the Navy and Marine Corps still deny 23% and 18%, respectively, of these upgrade requests.

Still, success rates are low for other veterans seeking an upgrade: The Naval Discharge Review Board granted relief to only 33% of claims with a mental health adjudication between April and June 2024.

The deal was certainly an upgrade on what the midfielder was earning at Benfica, but still said to be nowhere near what he could have earned elsewhere.

He said better technology at bus stops was the responsibility of local councils but that many would struggle to find the money to upgrade them given their tight budgets and the fact there are so many.