2.  The applicant requests that his retention beyond age 60 be antedated to the date he was commissioned in the Army National Guard (ARNG).

3.  He states that neither he nor his state was aware that his retention could not be antedated which resulted in his loss of creditable service from 14 April 1993 to 19 February 1996.

4.  His military records show that he served in an Army Reserve (USAR) unit as a commissioned officer from 22 January 1957 to 10 November 1965 and again from 21 July 1978 to the date of his commission in the ARNG as a colonel on 14 April 1993.  He had been selected to fill a position as a general surgeon in an ARNG unit.

5.  On 19 February 1996 the National Guard Bureau (NGB) approved the retention of the applicant until he reaches age 68 (31 October 1998).  In the correspondence approving his retention he was informed that his retention could not be made effective the date of his appointment in the ARNG and, therefore, his service in the ARNG from the date of his commission in the ARNG until the date of the retention approval was not creditable for retired pay purposes.  The NGB informed the applicant that his service in the ARNG prior to his retention approval would only be creditable if the effective date of his retention was corrected by this Board.

6.  Title 10, U.S. Code, section 3855, and Army Regulation 140-10, paragraph 7-14.1, specify that certain Army Medical Corps officers may be retained beyond their mandatory removal date to the date they reach age 68.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  It is apparent that the applicant’s retention beyond his MRD was desired by the ARNG.

2.  It appears that a lack of understanding by ARNG personnel concerning the effective date of a retention authorization beyond an officer’s mandatory removal date caused the applicant to lose almost 3 years of creditable service.
3.  It is unfair to penalize the applicant by withholding accreditation for almost 3 years of service he performed due to a misunderstanding on the part of personnel responsible for handling his assignment.

4.  In view of the foregoing, the applicant’s records should be corrected as recommended below.

RECOMMENDATION:

That all of the Department of the Army records related to this case be corrected by showing that the individual’s request for retention beyond his MRD to age 68 was approved on the date of his commission in the ARNG on 14 April 1993.

BOARD VOTE:  

                       GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

                       GRANT FORMAL HEARING

                       DENY APPLICATION




		                           
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