Military Background Question

I have a question and so far I have found nothing that someone can not answer. I just received the copy of my husbands discharge papers from 1978. On it is a little sentence stating he was discharged under other than honorable conditions. I kind of felt a slug to my stomache. He was very young at the time and was pretty cocky! He has since raised two grown children - one adopted and I would not have enought room to go on about his character now. Of course we have discussed it in great detail since deciding to adopt internationally but I guess seeing in on paper and knowing we have to turn it in to a foreign government makes it seem much bigger. Does anyone know if this is going to be a stop dead in our tracks issue? Any help is greatly appreciated.