BOARD DATE: 4 May 2010 DOCKET NUMBER: AR20090018470 THE BOARD CONSIDERED THE FOLLOWING EVIDENCE: 1. Application for correction of military records (with supporting documents provided, if any). 2. Military Personnel Records and advisory opinions (if any). THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST, STATEMENT, AND EVIDENCE: 1. The applicant requests reconsideration of the Board’s denial of his request to change his discharge under the Expeditious Discharge Program (EDP) to a medical discharge. 2. The applicant states he was drugged and assaulted by fellow servicemen and taken to the hospital for his injuries. Before he was examined he was taken from the hospital by the same servicemen who had assaulted him earlier. This time he fought back and injured a specialist with an empty shell casing. He was then taken to jail where the psychiatrist interviewed him. He was still under the influence of drugs during that interview. 3. The applicant adds that there are no records of his having a psychological condition prior to his entry on active duty. 4. The applicant provides a Cumulative Record from the Montgomery Public School System. CONSIDERATION OF EVIDENCE: 1. Incorporated herein by reference are military records which were summarized in the previous consideration of the applicant's case by the Army Board for Correction of Military Records (ABCMR) in Docket Number AR20090004329 on 20 August 2009. 2. The applicant’s contention that he had no psychological problems prior to his entry on active duty and a copy of his Cumulative Record from the Montgomery Public School System is a new argument and document which was not previously considered by the Board and warrants consideration. 3. On 16 September 1981, an Army Europe (AE) Form 3087 (Report of Psychiatric Evaluation) was completed by a psychiatrist, a lieutenant colonel who was the chief of outpatient psychiatry. He wrote that the applicant “was evaluated psychiatrically on 16 Sept 1981. Since entry into the service he has experience[d] considerable tension which is essentially related to the inability to escape the intensity of interpersonal relationships. Prior to coming into the Army he had similar difficulties but was able to cope by being by himself. Clinically the concern is with regards to a potential psychotic illness, if the stress continues.” 4. On 21 October 1981, the applicant was discharged with a general under honorable conditions discharge under the EDP. 5. Army Regulation 635-40 (Physical Evaluation for Retention, Retirement, or Separation) provides that the medical treatment facility commander with the primary care responsibility will evaluate those referred to him and will, if it appears as though the member is not medically qualified to perform duty or fails to meet retention criteria, refer the member to a medical evaluation board (MEB). Those members who do not meet medical retention standards will be referred to a physical evaluation board (PEB) for a determination of whether they are able to perform the duties of their grade and military specialty with the medically disqualifying condition. Only those Soldiers determined physically unfit to perform their duties due to a medically disqualifying condition can be processed for medical discharge or retirement. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS: 1. It is evident that the applicant’s psychiatric history was provided by the applicant himself during his interview by the chief of outpatient psychiatry. 2. Since the applicant himself reported he was able to cope with his problems with interpersonal relationships by escaping them prior to entering the Army, it is reasonable to presume that there may be no record of civilian treatment for that problem. 3. Since the applicant’s problem with interpersonal relationships existed prior to his entry on active duty it would be considered to have existed prior to service. In addition, there is no evidence that he was determined to be medically disqualified. The psychiatrist stated that there was a potential for psychotic illness if the stress continued. The psychiatrist did not state the applicant had a medically disqualifying condition. Without a finding of medical disqualification, there would be no basis for referring him to an MEB. Without an MEB the applicant could not have been referred to a Physical Evaluation Board (PEB). Therefore, he could not have been given a medical discharge. 4. There is no evidence to support the applicant’s contentions that he was drugged, in a fight, or put in jail. BOARD VOTE: ________ ________ ________ GRANT FULL RELIEF ________ ________ ________ GRANT PARTIAL RELIEF ________ ________ ________ GRANT FORMAL HEARING __x______ ____x____ __x___ DENY APPLICATION BOARD DETERMINATION/RECOMMENDATION: The evidence presented does not demonstrate the existence of a probable error or injustice. Therefore, the Board determined that the overall merits of this case are insufficient as a basis to amend the decision of the ABCMR set forth in Docket Number AR20090004329 dated 20 August 2009. __________x_______________ CHAIRPERSON I certify that herein is recorded the true and complete record of the proceedings of the Army Board for Correction of Military Records in this case. ABCMR Record of Proceedings (cont) AR20090018470 3 ARMY BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS 1 ABCMR Record of Proceedings (cont) AR20090018470 3 ARMY BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS 1