ARMY | BCMR | CY2003 | 03095269C070212
Army Regulation 135-155 states that to qualify for selection, commissioned officers must complete certain military educational requirements, not later than the day before the selection board convening date. However, should the individual be selected for promotion, he/she would not be promoted until completion of the education requirement. The applicant had nearly 7 years between the date of his promotion to major and his initial consideration for promotion to lieutenant colonel in which to...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2003 | 03095409C070212
The Board considered the following evidence: Exhibit A - Application for correction of military records. The applicant states that after several years of retirement he reviewed his military records and noted that a number of awards and campaigns were not included on his discharge documents. Army Regulation 635-5, in effect at the time of the applicant’s 1973 separation, noted that item 24 (awards) would reflect all decorations, service medals, campaign credits, and badges awarded or...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2003 | 03095410C070212
THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST, STATEMENT, AND EVIDENCE: 1. The applicant’s military records are not available to the Board for review. There were no medical records available to the Board, or provided by the applicant.
ARMY | BCMR | CY2003 | 03095462C070212
The Board considered the following evidence: Exhibit A - Application for correction of military records. He states that his separation document indicates that he entered active duty at Ft. Douglas, Utah. However, information obtained from the Texas Department of Veterans Affairs does indicate that the applicant may have other avenues available to him to prove his residency was Texas at the time of his enlistment, including his original enlistment document, which reflects his Home of Record...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2003 | 03095503C070212
The Board considered the following evidence: Exhibit A - Application for correction of military records. MILPER Message Number 99-100 indicates that the AFEM was authorized to service members who participated in Operation Joint Endeavor from 1 June 1992 to 19 December 1996. As a result, the Board recommends that all Department of the Army records of the individual concerned be corrected by showing award of the AFEM, and by showing service as a communications-electronics (C-E) operations...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2003 | 03095512C070212
The applicant requests that his records be corrected to reflect award of the Purple Heart and Expert Infantryman Badge (EIB). While there are no orders in the applicant's available records awarding him the Purple Heart, the appropriate Secretary of the Army signed his award certificate, and the date of his combat wound is consistent with other information contained in his file. As a result, the Board recommends that all Department of the Army records of the individual concerned be...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2003 | 03095664C070212
I certify that hereinafter is recorded the true and complete record of the proceedings of the Army Board for Correction of Military Records in the case of the above-named individual. Records show the applicant should have discovered the alleged error or injustice now under consideration on 18 April 1969; therefore, the time for the applicant to file a request for correction of any error or injustice expired on 17 April 1972. The Board determined that the evidence presented does not...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2003 | 03095704C070212
The applicant requests that his record be corrected to show award of the European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with one bronze service star, the Army of Occupation Medal with Germany clasp, the Driver and Mechanic Badge, and a letter of citation/appreciation from the 66th Infantry Division. The applicant’s military records are not available to the Board for review. The applicant's record does not contain a letter of citation/appreciation as the applicant contends; however, it does...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2003 | 03095732C070212
The Board considered the following evidence: Exhibit A - Application for correction of military records. Although documents associated with the applicant’s administrative separation processing were not in records available to the Board, his separation document indicates that he was discharged under Army Regulation 635-200, chapter 10 and was issued an undesirable discharge certificate. The one document submitted by the applicant in support of his request confirms that a request for...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2003 | 03095764C070212
The applicant requests award of the Purple Heart and the POW (Prisoner of War) Medal for her deceased husband, a former service member (FSM). She states that her husband's records show no evidence of award of the Purple Heart or POW Medal. The issue as to whether this change in policy would be implemented retroactively to prisoners of war from World War I, World War II, and the Korean War was considered several times.
ARMY | BCMR | CY2003 | 03095774C070212
He was discharged on 29 July 1945. However, in view of the fact that the board was not established until 2 January 1947 the applicant’s 3 year period in which to file an application for correction of military records expired on 2 January 1950, 3 years from the date the Board was established. Evidence shows that the applicant’s records contain administrative error which does not require action by the Board.
ARMY | BCMR | CY2003 | 03096025C070212
The applicant’s military records are not available to the Board for review. Until 1951 Army Regulation 600-45, which governed the award of Army decorations, stated that for the purpose of considering an award of the Purple Heart, a “wound” is defined as an injury to any part of the body from an outside force, element, or agent sustained while in action in the face of the armed enemy or as a result of a hostile act of such enemy. Evidence shows that the applicant’s records contain...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2003 | 03096106C070212
The applicant’s military records are not available to the Board for review. Unfortunately the individual pay record provided by the applicant and the POW medical history, which the applicant completed in 1983, is not supported by any other documents available to the Board, including his original final payment voucher, which the applicant authenticated with the notation that he had been promoted to the rank of private first class on 29 September 1945. As such, in the absence of more...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2003 | 03096133C070212
The Board considered the following evidence: Exhibit A - Application for correction of military records. There were no records available to the Board associated with his service in the Army National Guard, beyond the documents provided by the applicant. The medical evidence available to the Board indicates that the applicant injured his shoulder in March 2003 and was seen by medical officials twice in the month of May 2003.
ARMY | BCMR | CY2003 | 03096162C070212
The applicant provides copies of her medical records, to include Medical Evaluation Board (MEB) and Physical Evaluation Board (PEB) proceedings. He stated that the applicant stated that she had been getting chronic daily headaches and monthly migraine headaches that caused her to be hospitalized or on quarters for 5-10 days at a time. He stated that the headaches were clearly migrainous and his narrative had clearly stated such.
ARMY | BCMR | CY2003 | 03096166C070212
The Board considered the following evidence: Exhibit A - Application for correction of military records. An individual's medical condition, although not considered medically unfitting for military service at the time of processing for separation, discharge or retirement, may be sufficient to qualify the individual for VA benefits based on an evaluation by that agency. There is no evidence, and the applicant has not provided any, which confirms that he was physically unfit to perform his...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2003 | 03096180C070212
He went to Saigon and received treatment for 10 days for facial paralysis and back injury. A 17 September 2003 VA medical record indicates that the applicant was in Vietnam in March 1967 and his helicopter was shot down. On 18 August 2003 a member of this agency requested additional information from the applicant, which the applicant provided, indicating the nature and circumstances of his injuries.
ARMY | BCMR | CY2003 | 03096181C070212
The Board considered the following evidence: Exhibit A - Application for correction of military records. The 28 May 2002 letter from the applicant’s attorney to DFAS, also included as an enclosure to her application to this Board, notes that DFAS may have made a mistake in billing the applicant “for the sum claimed.” The attorney stated that in 1989, 2 years into her medical residency, the applicant “contracted with the United States Army Reserve whereby they would pay her a monthly stipend...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2003 | 03096187C070212
The applicant states that there are no records of the injuries he sustained to his left hand, nor any records of his hearing problem. There are no medical records of his injuries. The Board further determined that the evidence presented is insufficient to warrant a portion of the requested relief.
ARMY | BCMR | CY2003 | 03096273C070212
The Board considered the following evidence: Exhibit A - Application for correction of military records. Records show the applicant should have discovered the alleged error or injustice now under consideration on 4 October 1966; therefore, the time for the applicant to file a request for correction of any error or injustice expired on 3 October 1969. ____ Stanley Kelley_____ CHAIRPERSON INDEX |CASE ID |AR2003096273 | |SUFFIX | | |RECON |YYYYMMDD | |DATE BOARDED |20040406 | |TYPE OF...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2003 | 03096353C070212
His report of physical examination should have been forwarded to a medical review board for a determination. On 4 August 2003 the Army Reserve Personnel Command surgeon notified the applicant that his medical records revealed that his diabetes mellitus and bilateral knee arthritis disqualified him for retention in the Army Reserve. Notwithstanding the applicant's contention and the VA decision concerning his service-connected disabilities, there is no medical evidence to show that his...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2003 | 03096391C070212
The applicant states that his DD Form 214 was prepared for a discharge date of 20 July 1966. Records show the applicant should have discovered the alleged error or injustice now under consideration on 20 July 1966; therefore, the time for the applicant to file a request for correction of any error or injustice expired on 19 July 1969. The Board determined that the evidence presented does not demonstrate the existence of a probable error or injustice.
ARMY | BCMR | CY2003 | 03096395C070212
The applicant provides no evidence. Title 10, U.S. Code, Section 1552(b), provides that applications for correction of military records must be filed within 3 years after discovery of the alleged error or injustice. Records show the applicant should have discovered the alleged error or injustice now under consideration on 29 August 1971; therefore, the time for the applicant to file a request for correction of any error or injustice expired on 28 August 1974.
ARMY | BCMR | CY2003 | 03096416C070212
The issue as to whether this change in policy would be implemented retroactively to prisoners of war from World War I, World War II, and the Korean War was considered several times. The evidence shows that he was discharged because of a disability to his feet, peripheral vascular disease, and that he had been hospitalized for 148 days. As a result, the Board recommends that all Department of the Army records of the individual concerned be corrected by showing award of the Army Good Conduct...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2003 | 03096485C070212
RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS IN THE CASE OF: BOARD DATE: 02 MARCH 2004 DOCKET NUMBER: AR2003096485 I certify that hereinafter is recorded the true and complete record of the proceedings of the Army Board for Correction of Military Records in the case of the above-named individual. The Board considered the following evidence: Exhibit A - Application for correction of military records. The applicant’s military records are not available to the Board for review.
ARMY | BCMR | CY2003 | 03096501C070212
The applicant requests that his SSAN (social security account number) on his November 1975 National Guard Bureau Form 22 (Report of Separation and Record of Service in the Army National Guard of Maryland) and on his August 1980 Department of Defense Form 214 (Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty) be corrected and that his date of birth on the August 1980 separation document also be correct. By July 1996 the applicant’s diagnosis of schizophrenia was determined to rendered...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2003 | 03096503C070212
The Board considered the following evidence: The applicant's enlistment contract, which he completed in February 2002, shows that he stated that he understood that only certain loans would be paid by the Army under the LRP. Consequently, the applicant's request for payment of all his student loans cannot be granted.
ARMY | BCMR | CY2003 | 03096507C070212
On 25 June 2003 the Commanding General, United States Army Japan/9th Theater Support Command set aside the applicant's punishment that he received under Article 15, UCMJ. Paragraph 3-6 states in effect, that the commander imposing the punishment also determines whether the record of the punishment is filed in the performance or the restricted fiche of the Soldier's OMPF. As noted above, when a record of nonjudicial punishment is filed in the restricted fiche of a Soldier's OMPF, the DA...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2003 | 03096587C070212
On 17 August 1993 a MEB recommended that the applicant be referred to a Physical Evaluation Board (PEB) because of the applicant's above-mentioned medical conditions. Consequently, due to the two concepts involved, an individual's medical condition, although not considered medically unfitting for military service at the time of processing for separation, discharge or retirement, may be sufficient to qualify the individual for VA benefits based on an evaluation by that agency. Granting his...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2003 | 03096588C070212
THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST, STATEMENT, AND EVIDENCE: 1. He was discharged on 29 February 1972. The evidence shows that the applicant’s record contains administrative error that does not require action by the Board.
ARMY | BCMR | CY2003 | 03096625C070212
The Board considered the following evidence: Exhibit A - Application for correction of military records. Those documents merely indicate that the service member “died in the line of duty.” The documents do not indicate that the applicant’s death resulted from hostile action. The fact that the former service member’s death was determined to have occurred in the line of duty is not, in and of itself, a basis for award of the Purple Heart but merely a conclusion that the injury was not the...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2003 | 03096635C070212
The Board considered the following evidence: Exhibit A - Application for correction of military records. On 19 February 1971 the applicant’s request for discharge was approved and the discharge authority directed that the applicant be issued an Undesirable Discharge Certificate. Contrary to the applicant’s contention, there is no evidence, and he has not provided any, that he was coerced into requesting discharge in lieu of trial by court-martial.
ARMY | BCMR | CY2003 | 03096660C070212
In an 18 August 2000 statement, rendered as part of the investigation into the warrant officer’s assault on the applicant, she [the applicant] related that she and the warrant officer “have been dating for 4 months [she subsequently amended that statement to indicate that she and the warrant officer began dating the last weekend in May]” and stated that “we went to a party at our company commander’s home.” Other documents provided by counsel indicate that the applicant and the warrant...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2003 | 03096670C070212
The Board considered the following evidence: Exhibit A - Application for correction of military records. The applicant’s military records are not available to the Board for review. The fact that the applicant was initially awarded only 10 percent supports a conclusion that the applicant's frostbite may not have been severe enough to meet the requirements for award of the Purple Heart.
ARMY | BCMR | CY2003 | 03096681C070212
Consequently, there is no basis to grant his request to correct his record to show award of the Purple Heart. Evidence shows that the applicant’s records contain administrative error which does not require action by the Board. Therefore, the Board requests that the CMSD-St. Louis administratively correct the records of the individual concerned to show award of the Vietnam Service Medal with one silver service star, the Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal, the Republic of Vietnam Gallantry...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2003 | 03096706C070212
The Board considered the following evidence: Exhibit A - Application for correction of military records. The evidence also shows that the applicant completed a qualifying period of service for award of the Army Good Conduct Medal on 18 March 1971. As a result, the Board recommends that all Department of the Army records of the individual concerned be corrected by: a. showing that he was awarded three awards of the Army Commendation Medal; b. showing that he is entitled to three bronze...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2003 | 03096758C070212
The Board considered the following evidence: Exhibit A - Application for correction of military records. The applicant’s military records are not available to the Board for review. As a result, the Board recommends that all Department of the Army records of the individual concerned be corrected by: a. awarding him the Combat Infantryman Badge; b. awarding him the Bronze Star Medal as a conversion award based on his Combat Infantryman Badge; c. showing that he is entitled to the American...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2003 | 03096779C070212
The Board considered the following evidence: Exhibit A - Application for correction of military records. During the physical evaluation process Soldiers are required to concur or nonconcur with conclusion and recommendations concerning their medical conditions and fitness status and provided opportunities to submit information and documents in their behalf. The VA, which has neither the authority nor the responsibility for determining physical fitness for military service, awards...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2003 | 03096782C070212
RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS IN THE CASE OF: BOARD DATE: 25 MARCH 2004 DOCKET NUMBER: AR2003096782 I certify that hereinafter is recorded the true and complete record of the proceedings of the Army Board for Correction of Military Records in the case of the above-named individual. The Board considered the following evidence: Exhibit A - Application for correction of military records. There is no medical evidence, and the applicant has not provided any, which confirms that he was wounded as a...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2003 | 03096800C070212
The contract is for 6 years with entitlement to a $5,000 reenlistment bonus. He states that because the applicant previously reenlisted for 3 years in 2000, with a two 3-year reenlistment bonus option, he is not entitled to a 6-year reenlistment bonus. The applicant reenlisted for three years on 10 March 2000.
ARMY | BCMR | CY2003 | 03096808C070212
The applicant requests reconsideration of his previous request for award of the Purple Heart based on injuries he sustained during a motor vehicle accident after cessation of hostiles in Germany during World War II. Contrary to the applicant’s argument, the Purple Hearts awarded as a result of the recent terrorist activities does not serve as justification that he too should be entitled to an award of the Purple Heart. Evidence shows that the applicant’s records contain...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2003 | 03096853C070212
The Board considered the following evidence: Exhibit A - Application for correction of military records. Other than his retirement physical examination, which was provided by the applicant, there were no other service medical records available to the Board. The evidence confirms that the applicant continued to successfully perform his military duties throughout his military service in spite of his treatment for various medical conditions.
ARMY | BCMR | CY2003 | 03096854C070212
The applicant requests physical disability retirement with a disability rating of 100 percent. A 30 August 1999 report of medical examination depicts the applicant's various medical conditions, to include bilateral weakness in arms/forearms, degenerative joint disease to his back, knees, and ankles, and bilateral ankle pain. The applicant had pain to his back, knee, right ankle, and left wrist, as a result of his various injuries; consequently, the PEB determined that he be rated as 20...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2003 | 03096859C070212
His 30 September 1969 DD Form 214 (Report of Transfer or Discharge) does not show award of the Purple Heart. The medical record that the applicant submits with his request shows that he was treated for an injury to his left hand as a result of a helicopter accident on 11 May 1966, sustaining a small laceration to the base of his index finger. Evidence shows that the applicant’s records contain administrative error which does not require action by the Board.
ARMY | BCMR | CY2003 | 03096877C070212
The Board considered the following evidence: Exhibit A - Application for correction of military records. The applicant states that the Army Discharge Review Board recently upgraded his 1987 general discharge to a fully honorable discharge, however, the Department of Veterans Affairs has still denied his petition for education benefits. His punishment this time included reduction to pay grade E-1 and 45 days of extra duty.
ARMY | BCMR | CY2003 | 03096973C070212
Ultimately, the applicant notes that he was released from the United States Army Reserve for unfitness, but could not be retired because the disease occurred while he was on active duty. Neither the applicant’s service medical record nor his Official Military Personnel File was available to the Board. He has presented no evidence that his request for reclassification or his request for separation under the VSI program was “forced” on him because of his medical conditions.
ARMY | BCMR | CY2003 | 03096987C070212
The Board considered the following evidence: Exhibit A - Application for correction of military records. Evidence available to the Board confirms that the zip code for his permanent mailing address on his 1976 National Guard Bureau separation document should have been recorded as 90305 and was apparently omitted. As a result, the Board recommends that all Department of the Army records of the individual concerned be corrected by showing: a. that his date of birth was 30 October 1956 vice...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2003 | 03097023C070212
The applicant’s military records are not available to the Board for review. There were no medical records available to the Board, or provided by the applicant. Once the Korean War Service Medal has been authorized by the Department of the Air Force, the applicant may apply to the Army Board for Correction of Military Records to add this foreign award to his DD Form 214.
ARMY | BCMR | CY2003 | 03097050C070212
The Board considered the following evidence: Exhibit A - Application for correction of military records. On 5 February 2002 orders were issued by the 78th Division honorably discharging the applicant from the United States Army Reserve effective 1 November 2001. The notification memorandum, when required, includes the Soldier’s right to request an administrative Board if he or she has 6 or more years of service.
ARMY | BCMR | CY2003 | 03097057C070212
The evidence confirms that the former servicemember was killed as a result of hostile action and as such is entitled to an award of the Purple Heart. As such, in the interest of justice and equity, it would be appropriate to award the former servicemember the Army Good Conduct Medal for the period 20 October 1941 to 8 November 1942. As a result, the Board recommends that all Department of the Army records of the individual concerned be corrected by: a. awarding him the Purple Heart; b....