---
kind: "unit"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
key: "stA/ptII/ch79"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 79"
heading: "Correction of Military Records"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/stA-ptII-ch79"
sections_count: 12
---

# Chapter 79 — Correction of Military Records

Title 10 — Armed Forces › Subtitle A — General Military Law › Part II — Personnel

## Sections

- [§1551. Correction of name after separation from service under an assumed name](/usc/10/1551.md)
- [§1552. Correction of military records: claims incident thereto](/usc/10/1552.md)
- [§1553. Review of discharge or dismissal](/usc/10/1553.md)
- [§1553a. Review of a request for upgrade of discharge or dismissal](/usc/10/1553a.md)
- [§1554. Review of retirement or separation without pay for physical disability](/usc/10/1554.md)
- [§1554a. Review of separation with disability rating of 20 percent disabled or less](/usc/10/1554a.md)
- [§1554b. Confidential review of characterization of terms of discharge of members of the armed forces who are victims of sex-related offenses](/usc/10/1554b.md)
- [§1555. Professional staff](/usc/10/1555.md)
- [§1556. Ex parte communications prohibited](/usc/10/1556.md)
- [§1557. Timeliness standards for disposition of applications before Corrections Boards](/usc/10/1557.md)
- [§1558. Review of actions of selection boards: correction of military records by special boards; judicial review](/usc/10/1558.md)
- [§1559. Personnel limitation](/usc/10/1559.md)