Documents, Downloads, Pictures, etc Folders Invisible for Mobile Accounts

For some reason, when any user navigates to their home directory, most of the subfolders (Applications, Desktop, Documents, Downloads, Library, Movies, Music, Pictures, & Public) are invisible. It's not consistent which ones can be seen: one user can see Library and Desktop, while another can see only Library. It is possible to navigate to any of the folders with the Go to Folder item in Finder's Go menu. Here are the results from listing everything in my own home directory (ls -l@):
drwx------@ 3 username staff 264 Sep 15 12:37 Desktop
com.apple.FinderInfo 32
drwx------@ 5 username staff 264 Sep 15 15:54 Documents
com.apple.FinderInfo 32
drwx------@ 4 username staff 264 Sep 15 12:37 Downloads
com.apple.FinderInfo 32
drwx------+ 27 username staff 874 Sep 17 09:24 Library
drwx------@ 3 username staff 264 Sep 15 12:37 Movies
com.apple.FinderInfo 32
drwx------@ 4 username staff 264 Sep 15 13:00 Music
com.apple.FinderInfo 32
drwxr-xr-x+ 2 username staff 264 Sep 15 15:35 New Folder
Library and New Folder are the only ones I can see in Finder. All of the invisible ones have extended attributes, but, oddly, when I navigated to one of the invisible folders in Finder and Get Info on it, there is no "invisible" checkbox in the General settings.
Here is some more info on the network setup:
Network is a Golden Triangle: our OS X server is bound to the Active Directory domain, and each client is bound both Open Directory and AD (OD has higher precedence in search policy). Network accounts are created in AD with the home folder at //osxserver.domain.local/Network Users/username (mapped to drive X:\ or Z:\ for Windows users). Accounts are imported into OD, which (through policy on each user's group) creates a mobile account at login (no prompt) using the network profile and syncs at login, logout, in background and manually. The client-side AD plugin does not force local home directories, derives network home from UNC path in AD (using AFP), and allows administration by domain admins; all other settings are default.
Any help in making all folders visible would be greatly appreciated.

Here are the results from listing everything in my own home directory (ls -l@):
Use the xattr Terminal command to clear that attribute. For usage instructions, run xattr -h.
All of the invisible ones have extended attributes, but, oddly, when I navigated to one of the invisible folders in Finder and Get Info on it, there is no "invisible" checkbox in the General settings.
That's intentional.
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