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Wounded Warrior Rights: Enhanced Accountability and Fair Hearing Guarantee

This act strengthens the rights of wounded service members during medical evaluations, ensuring that decisions about their fitness for duty remain with military command, not health agencies. Wounded veterans gain the right to a full and fair hearing if they appeal a fitness-for-duty determination, enhancing their protection and legal certainty.
Key points
Decisions on fitness for duty for wounded service members will be made by military command, not health agencies, aiming for greater accountability.
Wounded veterans are guaranteed the right to a full and fair hearing if they appeal a fitness-for-duty determination.
The act emphasizes that wounded service members cannot be denied protections, privileges, or due process rights during medical evaluations.
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Additional Information
Wounded Warrior Bill of Rights Act of 2021
Print number: HR 6043
Sponsor: Rep. Mast, Brian J. [R-FL-18]
Process start date: 2021-11-18