Military Status Tab

Use the tab to view and update your military status.

Field	Description
Disabled Veteran	Select this checkbox if the employee is a disabled veteran. A disabled veteran is: 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; A person who was discharged or released from active duty because of a services-connected disability.
Active Duty Warfare or Campaign Badge Veteran	Select this checkbox if the employee is reported as an Other Protected Veteran in the VETS-4212 report. The U.S. Department of Labor defines “Active Duty Wartime or Campaign Badge Veteran” as 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.
Armed Forces Service Medal Veteran	Select this checkbox if the employee is an Armed Forces Service Medal Veteran. An Armed Forces Service Medal Veteran is 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 (61 FR 1209).
Recently Separated Veteran	Select this checkbox if this employee is a recently separated veteran. The VETS-4212 report will use this checkbox to categorize the employee as a protected veteran if the date field is not blank and the release date is within 3 years of the report date.
Discharge/Release Date	If applicable, enter or click to select, the date (in MM/DD/YYYY format) on which this employee was discharged or released from active military duty. This date is used to determine the Recently Separated Veterans to be included in the count of Protected Veterans in the VETS-4212 report. A Recently Separated Veteran in VETS-4212 report is a 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.
Protected Veteran (Declined to Self-Identity)	Select this checkbox if the employee is a veteran who belongs to at least one of the following veterans but has opted not to self-identify a specific category: Disabled Veteran Active Duty Wartime or Campaign Badge Veteran Armed Forces Service Medal Veteran Recently Separated Veteran
Not a Protected Veteran	Select this checkbox if the employee is not a protected veteran (as defined by the VETS-4212 report). The VETS-4212 report will not count this employee as a veteran.
Declined to provide a veteran status	Select this checkbox if the employee does now want to indicate his/her veteran status. The VETS-4212 report will not count this employee as a veteran.