ARMY | BCMR | CY2003 | 03098756C070212
The applicant provides a copy of his separation document as well as a document recounting how his mother attempted to keep various military members aware of his medical situation and copies of documents confirming medical treatment which prevented him from returning to basic training following completion of the holiday leave period. The pay statement from DFAS indicates that the applicant continued to receive pay while in the AWOL status and that because of his AWOL he did not accumulate...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2003 | 03098773C070212
The Board considered the following evidence: Exhibit A - Application for correction of military records. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS: The evidence confirms that the applicant was actually paid for 7.5 days of unused leave at the time of his 1984 separation from the Army and not the 26.5 days recorded in item 17 of his separation document. As a result, the Board recommends that all Department of the Army records of the individual concerned be corrected by showing in item 17 of his 1984...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2003 | 03098802C070212
The Board considered the following evidence: Exhibit A - Application for correction of military records. The applicant requests that orders showing award of the Army Good Conduct Medal be removed from his Official Military Personnel File (OMPF). As a result, the Board recommends that all Department of the Army records of the individual concerned be corrected by expunging Permanent Order 82-333, Charlie Detachment, 15th Personnel Services Battalion, dated 22 March 1996; and Permanent Order...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2003 | 03098817C070212
Just as the USMA graduates made career decisions based on Col T's (former Acting Surgeon, United States Military Academy) erroneous information concerning USUHS and longevity credit, he made a career decision based on the erroneous information contained in the USUHS bulletin and the 14 October 1982 briefing. The applicant provides a 29 September 1998 letter from the USUHS General Counsel to the Secretary of Defense, in which the General Counsel outlined the University's position that all...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2003 | 03098836C070212
The Board considered the following evidence: Exhibit A - Application for correction of military records. The applicant provides a copy of his Department of the Army Form 20 (Enlisted Qualification Record) showing the date of his combat wound and the magazine article which discusses award of the Bronze Star Medal and Army Commendation Medal. The magazine article provided by the applicant discusses the practice of awarding the Bronze Star Medal and Army Commendation Medal following World War II.
ARMY | BCMR | CY2003 | 03098888C070212
The Board considered the following evidence: Exhibit A - Application for correction of military records. The applicant requests that his records be corrected to reflect award of the Army Commendation Medal. The evidence confirms that the applicant was awarded the Army Commendation Medal.
ARMY | BCMR | CY2003 | 03098940C070212
RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS IN THE CASE OF: BOARD DATE: 01 JULY 2004 DOCKET NUMBER: AR2003098940 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. On 26 April 1978 the applicant was provided a copy of his separation document, a copy of the reduction orders, and...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2003 | 03099031C070212
In that claim he states that he had sustained a shrapnel wound to his left shoulder in March 1969 and received medical treatment at a medical evacuation center. Such documentation could serve as a basis to grant the applicant’s request for award of the Purple Heart. Therefore, the Board requests that the CMSD-St. Louis administratively correct the records of the individual concerned to show two awards of the Air Medal, a “V” device on his Army Commendation Medal, four bronze service stars...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2003 | 03099033C070212
RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS IN THE CASE OF: BOARD DATE: 13 APRIL 2004 DOCKET NUMBER: AR2003099033 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 requests that his records be corrected to reflect award of the Defense Meritorious Service Medal.
ARMY | BCMR | CY2003 | 03099080C070212
An 11 July 2003 medical record indicates that the applicant had been admitted to a VA medical clinic and that he was discharged on 11 July 2003 with a discharge diagnosis of major depressive disorder, severe, with psychotic That the applicant was treated for depression is noted as is the diagnoses provide by a VA clinical psychologist subsequent to his discharge; however; the MEB did not include a diagnose of depression in its findings and there is no evidence that this condition was...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2003 | 03099083C070212
The applicant provides a copy of a USAREC (United States Army Recruiting Command) Form 1232 (Loan Repayment Program Inprocessing Counseling), a copy of a Department of Education form, dated 16 August 2002, showing the applicant's consolidated direct loans, copies of Federal Direct Consolidated Loan Application and Promissory Notes showing her and her husband's loans, indicating she requested that the loans be consolidated. While it is unfortunate that the applicant might not have...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2003 | 03099088C070212
The Board considered the following evidence: Exhibit A - Application for correction of military records. There is, however, no evidence concerning the applicant's discharge proceedings. There is no evidence and the applicant has not submitted any to show that he was physically unfit at the time of his discharge.
ARMY | BCMR | CY2003 | 03099127C070212
Her report of medical examination completed prior to her enlistment shows that she was medically fit with a physical profile serial of 1 1 1 1 1 1. A medical report indicates that the applicant was seen on 20 December 2000 because of headache and lower back pain. It provides for medical evaluation boards, which are convened to document a Soldier’s medical status and duty limitations insofar as duty is affected by the Soldier’s status.
ARMY | BCMR | CY2003 | 03099128C070212
The statements submitted by him and his mother were authored in October 2002 and both essentially request that the applicant be permitted to remain in the military with training in a non-combat specialty. Pertinent Army regulations provide that prior to discharge or release from active duty, individuals will be assigned RE codes, based on their service records or the reason for discharge. Army Regulation 601-210 which establishes the policies and provision for the enlistment of prior and...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2003 | 03099164C070212
The Board considered the following evidence: Exhibit A - Application for correction of military records. The applicant requests, that his under other than honorable conditions discharge be upgraded. The applicant’s contention that he was unaware that he would not be able to return to military service as a result of requesting discharge in lieu of trial by court-martial is not supported by any evidence in available records, or submitted by the applicant.
ARMY | BCMR | CY2003 | 03099190C070212
The Board considered the following evidence: Exhibit A - Application for correction of military records. He also requests award of the Combat Infantryman Badge and that his graduation from the Noncommissioned Officers Academy be added to his separation document. The fact that he may have been authorized hostile fire pay does not, in and of itself, qualify an individual for award of the Combat Infantryman Badge.
ARMY | BCMR | CY2003 | 03099200C070212
The applicant requests reconsideration of his previous request to have his 1990 separation document corrected to reflect award of the Army Commendation Medal and completion of the Advanced Noncommissioned Officer’s Course (ANCOC). The evidence confirms that the applicant was awarded the Army Commendation Medal and completed the 10 week Chemical ANCOC at Fort McClellan in 1989. As a result, the Board recommends that all Department of the Army records of the individual concerned be corrected...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2003 | 03099237C070212
The applicant provides a self-authored statement, a statement from his brother Xxxx, a copy of his birth certificate and marriage certificate, a statement from his former spouse, a copy of a court document, and a copy of a DVA certificate of eligibility from 1964 certifying his military service under the name “Xxxx Xxxx (served as Xxxx X. Xxxx).” CONSIDERATION OF EVIDENCE: 1. The applicant’s military records are not available to the Board for review. In the absence of more complete...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2003 | 03099238C070212
On 14 April 2003, in response to an inquiry from a Member of Congress (MC), the Total Army Personnel Command (PERSCOM) stated that the applicant was not listed as being wounded on the casualty report records, and that verification of entitlement to additional awards of the Purple Heart might be possible by obtaining unit morning reports and hospital admission listings, and that the applicant should contact the National Personnel Records Center for this information. There is no medical...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2003 | 03099289C070212
The applicant’s military records are not available to the Board for review. The fact that the applicant was initially denied a service connected disability rating within months of his separation from active duty in 1946, supports a conclusion that the applicant's frostbite may not have been severe enough to meet the requirements for award of the Purple Heart. Evidence shows that the applicant’s records contain administrative error which does not require action by the Board.
ARMY | BCMR | CY2003 | 03099294C070212
Eloise Prendergast | |Member | The Board considered the following evidence: Exhibit A - Application for correction of military records. The applicant requests, in effect, that his records be corrected to void his $1723.00 debt to the government resulting from erroneous payment of FLPP (Foreign Language Proficiency Pay). In order to begin receiving that pay a Department of the Army Form 330 would have had to be completed for the applicant.
ARMY | BCMR | CY2003 | 03099323C070212
On 9 January 2002 the applicant's commander recommended that the applicant be administratively separated from the Army under the provisions of Army Regulation 635-200, Chapter 11, for entry level status performance and conduct as a result of her acute stress disorder. Pertinent Army regulations provide that prior to discharge or release from active duty, individuals will be assigned RE Codes, based on their service records or the reason for discharge. Those individuals can best advise a...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2003 | 03099341C070212
In addition to documents which confirm that he attempted to have specific training documents placed in his file, he also submits a copy of the procedures for appealing the Career Field Designation, and a letter, authored by the Acting Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Equal Opportunity), supporting his petition to be reconsidered for promotion by a Special Selection Board. The documents confirm the applicant’s attempt to place training documents in his file, the letter of support from the...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2003 | 03099369C070212
The Board considered the following evidence: Exhibit A - Application for correction of military records. By June 1988 he had been promoted to pay grade E-4 after receiving a waiver for the time in service requirement. There is no evidence, and the applicant has not provided any, that his discharge was in error or unjust.
ARMY | BCMR | CY2003 | 03099432C070212
The Board considered the following evidence: Exhibit A - Application for correction of military records. In affirming the applicant’s discharge, the Army Discharge Review Board noted that the applicant served with an excellent record from the time of enlistment until his release from the hospital after his second tour in Vietnam during which he was wounded. The evidence available to the Board confirms that the applicant had less than 5 years of active Federal service at the time he was...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2003 | 03099459C070212
RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS IN THE CASE OF: BOARD DATE: 14 SEPTEMBER 2004 DOCKET NUMBER: AR2003099459 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 applicant states, in his application to the Board, that his records with the infantry must have been destroyed in the 1973 fire. Although the evidence suggests that the applicant may have been assigned to an...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2003 | 03099481C070212
On 4 February 2003, nearly 3 months after his PEB, the applicant was honorably discharged by reason of physical disability. That low back pain was the primary basis for his 10 percent disability rating from the Army. The fact that the VA might subsequently grant a higher disability rating is not evidence that the Army’s rating was in error or unjust.
ARMY | BCMR | CY2003 | 03099489C070212
An October 2000 medical report shows that he was pending a Medical Evaluation Board for WPW syndrome and bilateral knee pain. Army Regulation 635-40 establishes the Army physical disability evaluation system and sets forth policies, responsibilities, and procedures that apply in determining whether a Soldier is unfit because of physical disability to reasonably perform the duties of his office, grade, rank, or rating. Although his condition, WPW syndrome, is a cause for rejection...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2003 | 03099539C070212
The Board considered the following evidence: Exhibit A - Application for correction of military records. There are no documents in available records indicating that the applicant's command ever took actions to follow-up on the recommendation to administratively discharge the applicant. Army Regulation 635-208, in effect at the time, provided the authority for discharging enlisted personnel for unfitness.
ARMY | BCMR | CY2003 | 03099542C070212
The applicant requests award of the Purple Heart, that his separation document be corrected to show that he is and was a United States citizen, and that his permanent mailing address on his separation document also be updated to reflect his current address. In the absence of more conclusive evidence that the applicant did in fact derive citizenship via one of his parents, there is no basis to correct that item on his separation document. The Board determined that administrative error in...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2003 | 03099549C070212
The Board considered the following evidence: Exhibit A - Application for correction of military records. In submitting his recommendation for administrative separation, the applicant’s commander noted the applicant’s service in Vietnam and his award of the Army Commendation Medal but recommended that the applicant be discharged and issued an undesirable discharge certificate, notwithstanding that information. Army Regulation 635-212, in effect at the time, set forth the basic authority for...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2003 | 03099553C070212
Although a copy of the applicant’s contract was not in files available to the Board, that contract would have informed the applicant that she incurred an active duty and/or reimbursement obligation if she were “disenrolled from the ROTC program for breach of contractual terms or any other disenrollment criteria established now or in the future by Army regulations….” Included under the terms of disenrollment was information regarding the fact that by signing the contract she acknowledged that...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2003 | 03099558C070212
RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS IN THE CASE OF: BOARD DATE: 13 JULY 2004 DOCKET NUMBER: AR2003099558 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 requests, in effect, award of decorations associated with service in Southwest Asia during the...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2003 | 03099581C070212
The applicant’s military records show that as part of a scholarship enlistment in the ROTC, the applicant, on 26 October 2000, signed a DA Form 597-3 (Army Senior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) Scholarship Cadet Contract), which is an agreement between the Army and a potential ROTC cadet. That command noted that the applicant had breached his contract, that he himself chose to repay the debt owed the government, and that although indications indicated that the applicant was on...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2003 | 03099587C070212
The Board considered the following evidence: Exhibit A - Application for correction of military records. Records available to the Board indicate that the applicant enlisted in the Army for a period of 2 years on 5 October 1973. In fact it is noted that the applicant successfully completed basic combat training and never arrived at either of his advanced individual training sites further supporting a conclusion that his allegations of harassment may have been unfounded.
ARMY | BCMR | CY2003 | 03099589C070212
The applicant requests that the erroneous National Guard Bureau (NGB) Form 22 (Report of Separation and Record of Service), currently in his OMPF (Official Military Personnel File), be replaced by the correct form which was published by the Mississippi National Guard. However, the original NGB Form 22 was filed in his OMPF. The NGB Form 22, contained in the applicant’s OMPF, indicates that he was honorably discharged from the Army National Guard on 9 May 1996 to accept appointment as a...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2003 | 03099654C070212
That form indicates his decorations and awards, to include the Vietnam Service Medal. The clinical record that the applicant submits with his request does not show that he was wounded as a result of hostile action. The evidence shows that the applicant’s record contains administrative error that does not require action by the Board.
ARMY | BCMR | CY2003 | 03099740C070212
He also stated that he had smoked marijuana four times on 8 February 2002. Army Regulation 635-200 also states that an honorable discharge is a separation with honor. Pertinent Army regulations provide that prior to discharge or release from active duty, individuals will be assigned RE Codes, based on their service records or the reason for discharge.
ARMY | BCMR | CY2003 | 03099776C070212
She should have been before the Army Reserve promotion board in 2001. On 22 November 2002 the Personnel Command Enlisted Promotions Branch notified this agency that the applicant was considered for promotion by the DA Enlisted Standby Advisory Board, which adjourned on 15 October 2002, and that she was not recommended for promotion under the CY02 SFC promotion selection board [criteria]. Orders published by the Army Reserve Personnel Command on 10 September 2003 show that the applicant was...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2003 | 03099782C070212
The Board considered the following evidence: Exhibit A - Application for correction of military records. Although the applicant’s name may not be reflected among the list of individuals reported as combat casualties during the Vietnam War, based on the typed wound entry on his Department of the Army Form 20, the subsequent medical treatment document which mention the shrapnel wound, and the fact that the wound was also recorded on his separation document, there is sufficient evidence to...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2003 | 03099833C070212
On 25 April 2001 the Military Awards Branch of the Total Army Personnel Command (PERSCOM) informed a Member of Congress that the historical records of the 399th Infantry Regiment and the 100th Infantry Division for the World War II era failed to show award of the Purple Heart for Mr. C," a former comrade of the applicant, who was allegedly wounded in action by the same explosion that resulted in the applicant's wounds. Notwithstanding the contemporary medical report, there is no...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2003 | 2002072501C070212
The applicant requests that his Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty, DD Form 214, be amended to add his Army Commendation Medal. The applicant’s military records are not available. He was awarded the Army Commendation Medal on Permanent Orders 007-04, Headquarters, 10 th Aviation Brigade, Fort Drum, NY dated 7 January 2002.
ARMY | BCMR | CY2003 | 2002088702C070212
Once the Department of the Air Force has authorized the Korean War Service Medal, the applicant may apply to the Army Board For Correction of Military Records to have it added to his DD Form 214. Based on the award of the above medals, it is appropriate to correct his records to show his awards and decorations as the Purple Heart, the Korean War Service Medal with one bronze service star, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, and the Combat Infantryman Badge....
ARMY | BCMR | CY2003 | 2003080111C070212
The applicant requests, in effect, waiver of his military education requirement for promotion to major and appearance before a Special Selection Board (SSB). The evidence of record shows the applicant completed all requirements for his baccalaureate degree four months prior to the March 2001 RCSB; however, Excelsior University failed to confer the applicant's degree prior to the convening date of the March 2001 RCSB. As a result, the Board recommends that all Department of the Army records...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2003 | 2003081300C070212
APPLICANT REQUESTS: In effect, reconsideration of his previous application to correct his records by awarding him the Combat Infantryman Badge. There are no orders in the applicant's service personnel records awarding him the Combat Infantryman Badge. There is no evidence, and the applicant has provided none, that would indicate that he was awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge or that he was recommended for this award during his tour of duty in the Republic of Vietnam.
ARMY | BCMR | CY2003 | 2003082299C070212
At the time the promotion was revoked, ARPERSCOM recommended that the applicant’s request for de facto status be granted in accordance with regulatory guidance. It states that when orders are published revoking an advancement or promotion, the soldier's service in the higher grade may be determined to have been de facto so as to allow the soldier to retain pay and allowances received in that status. In view of the facts of this case, and based on the de facto status determination and...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2003 | 2003083321C070212
The applicant requests correction of military records as stated in the application to the Board and as restated herein. In a 1986 request to the Army Discharge Review Board (ADRB), the applicant, her parents, husband, and former commanding officer submitted statements attesting that the applicant was having problems as a result of her miscarriage, and supported her request to have her discharge upgraded. DISCUSSION : Considering all the evidence, allegations, and information presented by...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2003 | 2003083367C070212
In his case, the condition is service connected for the following two reasons: the eight year rule says so; and it is an adult condition incurred while on active duty. As noted in the USAPDA advisory opinion, that Agency and the PEB have reviewed the applicant’s case on numerous occasions, carefully considering all the medical evidence of record and the independent medical evidence provided by the applicant, to include the argument concerning both his GHD condition and foot problems. The...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2003 | 2003083371C070212
The applicant was informed that, since the records showed that he had declined promotion to major, his promotion to major had been adjusted to 1 October 1985 and his name was removed from the 1989 and 1990 promotion board results. There is no evidence of record, or evidence provided by the applicant or counsel, that a promotion memorandum was ever issued for LTC. The evidence of record clearly shows that the applicant is not entitled to any of these claims and this Board specifically...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2003 | 2003083375C070212
Army Regulation 600-8-22 provides that the GCM is awarded to individuals who distinguish themselves by their conduct, efficiency and fidelity during a qualifying period of active duty enlisted service. 1.The applicant completed PLDC. The applicant’s orders show that he was awarded two GCM’s.