Name and Gender (Sex) change on DEERS? Too late?
So I am a veteran and I stupidly waited to change my info on DEERS. I went to the local office to do it once but it was extremely busy and when I was still actively working a job it was hard to take the time off to do it.
Plus the VA medical side had change my info so I was fine on that end... but recently the VA changed their medical system to some new one that pulls all the info from DEERS directly.. and they cant edit the info. Only DEERS can. So now i can back to being called by my old gender pronouns and old name. And its made things super shitty.
My state ID, VA medical ID, and social security card are all updated with my current name and gender.. is there any hope of me changing my info with DEERS still? I dont have an updated Birth Certificate however I could likely get one since I was born in California just would take a bit since I live no where near there.
With the documents I have listed above do you think I will be able to do the following?
Can I at least change my first name?
Will I be able to change my Gender / Sex?
Any recommendations on what I should do?