ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050002012C070206
RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS IN THE CASE OF: BOARD DATE: 18 October 2005 DOCKET NUMBER: AR20050002012 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. Kenneth W. Lapin | |Member | The Board considered the following evidence: Exhibit A - Application for correction of military records. Records show the applicant served on active duty as a member of the U.S. Army...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050002030C070206
There is no available evidence, and the applicant provided none, to show that he was awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge. As a result, the Board recommends that all Department of the Army records of the individual concerned be corrected by awarding the applicant the World War II Victory Medal and the American Campaign Medal and adding these awards to the applicant's WD AGO Form 53-55. As a result, the Board recommends denial of so much of the application that pertains, in effect, to...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050002032C070206
The applicant states, in effect, that he would like to know the reason why four bronze service stars are recorded in his service record and why there is no record of his service with the 2nd Replacement Depot during World War II. He contends that there is no reason recorded in his service record for receiving four bronze service stars and his service with the 2nd Replacement Depot is not documented in his records. Evidence of records also shows that the applicant participated in four...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050002039C070206
Laverne V. Berry | |Member | The Board considered the following evidence: Exhibit A - Application for correction of military records. On 25 January 2005, the U.S. Army Physical Disability Agency (USAPDA) Combat Related Special Compensation (CRSC) Branch determined that the applicant’s traumatic arthritis was not combat related and denied his request for CRSC. Incurring a disability while in a theater of operations or during a training exercise is not, in and of itself, sufficient to grant...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050002041C070206
The applicant requests that his Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) rated disabilities for his right knee and lower back be approved for Combat- Related Special Compensation (CRSC). Due to cost constraints, while all military retirees will eventually receive concurrent receipt of VA disability compensation, only those military retirees who have disabilities incurred in combat, or in conditions simulating combat (which includes hazardous duties), are eligible for CRSC. Since there is no...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050002048C070206
The applicant requests, in effect, correction of item 6 (Organization) of his WD AGO Form 53-55 (Enlisted Record and Report of Separation) to show the entry "8th Air Force (AF)" instead of the entry "2003rd Ordnance Maintenance Company" as his last unit of assignment. The evidence of record shows that the applicant served in the ETO from 7 October 1943 to 14 December 1945, approximately 26 months, and that his last unit of assignment prior to his discharge was the 2003rd...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050002049C070206
Laverne V. Berry | |Member | The Board considered the following evidence: Exhibit A - Application for correction of military records. The applicant provides the denial of his request to reconsider his CRSC application, and excerpts from his military records and VA medical records. Due to cost constraints, while all military retirees will eventually receive concurrent receipt of VA disability compensation, only those military retirees who have disabilities incurred in combat, or in...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050002052C070206
Patrick H. McGann Jr. | |Member | The Board considered the following evidence: Exhibit A - Application for correction of military records. Combat-Related Special Compensation (CRSC), as established by Section 1413a, Title 10, United States Code, as amended, states that eligible members are those retirees who have 20 years of service for retired pay computation (or 20 years of service creditable for reserve retirement at age 60) and who have disabilities that are the direct result of...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050002059C070206
The applicant requests, in effect, correction of his military records to show award of the Purple Heart, assault credit for two combat glider landings, the Presidential Unit Citation with one oak leaf cluster, and three foreign unit awards; specifically, the French Croix de Guerre, Netherlands Orange Lanyard, and Belgian Fourragere. In addition, he contends that his military service records should be corrected to show award of the Presidential Unit Citation with one oak leaf cluster, the...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050002062C070206
Robert Rogers | |Member | The Board considered the following evidence: Exhibit A - Application for correction of military records. The evidence confirms the applicant was awarded the Purple Heart for wounds sustained as a result of hostile action in Vietnam. As a result, the Board recommends that all Department of the Army records of the individual concerned be corrected by showing he was awarded the Purple Heart and that he is entitled to the Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050002067C070206
His Statement for Enlistment United States Army Enlistment Program shows that he enlisted for the LRP up to a maximum repayment of $65,000 in addition to other incentives. In doing so, the applicant's military records should be corrected to show his Statement for Enlistment United States Army Enlistment Program was amended to include the sentence “If a student loan is accepted by the official processing you for enlistment as payable under the LRP and the government fails to verify that the...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050002075C070206
There is also no evidence in the applicant's service personnel records which shows he qualified for the Expert Marksmanship Qualification Badge with Automatic Rifle Bar. Records show the applicant should have discovered the alleged errors now under consideration on 6 August 1971; therefore, the time for the applicant to file a request for correction of any error expired on 5 August 1974. As a result, the Board recommends that all Department of the Army records of the individual concerned...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050002076C070206
The applicant requests correction of his DD Form 214 (Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty) to show his correct date of discharge. He states there are no discharge documents which show his periods of service from 14 August 1966 through 11 July 1967 and 2 January 1975 through 29 June 1979 and his service in Germany, Vietnam and Korea. The evidence of record shows the applicant reenlisted on 30 September 1976 and was discharged on 29 June 1979.
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050002090C070206
The applicant requests, in effect, that his records be corrected to show that he completed 20 years of qualifying service for retirement purposes in the United States Army Reserve. Army Regulation 135-180 implements statutory authorities (Title 10, United States Code, sections 12731 through 12738) governing the granting of retired pay to Soldiers and former Reserve Component Soldiers. Although the applicant maintains that he was discharged with 19 years of military service for being...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050002095C070206
The applicant provides two applications. There is no evidence in the available records which shows that the applicant was awarded the Purple Heart or was wounded as a result of hostile action in Vietnam. Therefore, the Board requests that the CMSD-St. Louis administratively correct the records of the individual concerned to show that he was awarded the Vietnam Service Medal with three bronze service stars and the Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm Unit Citation on his DD Form...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050002097C070206
Accordingly, the applicant was discharged with a bad conduct discharge on 2 April 1964 under the provisions of Army Regulation 635-204, for conviction by a general court-martial. Paragraph 1b of this regulation states that an enlisted person will be discharged with a bad conduct discharge pursuant only to an approved sentence of a general or special court-martial imposing a bad conduct discharge. When authorized, it is issued to a Soldier whose military record is satisfactory but not...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050002098C070206
There is no evidence in the available records which shows that the applicant was awarded the Purple Heart or was wounded as a result of hostile action in Vietnam. It stated that the Army Good Conduct Medal was awarded for each 3 years of continuous enlisted active Federal military service completed on or after 27 August 1940 and, for the first award only, upon termination of service on or after 27 June 1950 of less than 3 years but more than 1 year. As a result, the Board recommends that...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050002099C070206
Carmen Duncan | |Member | The Board considered the following evidence: Exhibit A - Application for correction of military records. The applicant requests that his records be corrected to show that he served 20 years of active service. The retiree must have a combat-related disability and have completed at least 20 years of service in the uniformed services that are creditable for purposes of computing the amount of retired pay to which the member is entitled.
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050002101C070206
RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS IN THE CASE OF: BOARD DATE: 4 October 2005 DOCKET NUMBER: AR20050002101 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 requests, in effect, correction of his records to show he was promoted. The applicant’s military records were not available to the Board.
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050002103C070206
On 26 February 1973, the separation authority approved the applicant’s request for discharge and directed that he be issued an undesirable discharge. Accordingly, the applicant was discharged with an undesirable discharge on 22 March 1973 under the provisions of Army Regulation 635-200, chapter 10, for the good of the service. The applicant’s record of service included five nonjudicial punishments and 171 days of lost time.
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050002104C070206
In the applicant’s case the Board must consider whether the VA ratings for the applicant’s ankles, knees and back are combat related. At that time it was stated that the applicant’s back pain had been documented since 1977. Based on this chronological review of the treatment the applicant received for his VA rated disabilities, it is evident that the applicant submitted insufficient evidence to show: a. that his shoulder pain should be approved for CRSC.
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050002105C070206
Therefore, absent more conclusive and specific evidence to show that he was wounded as a result of enemy action and that the treatment was made a matter of record, there appears to be no basis to award him the Purple Heart at this time. The applicant has also failed to show through evidence submitted with his application or the evidence of record that he ever held the MOS of an infantryman or that he was ever assigned to an infantry unit that engaged the enemy in combat in that capacity. ...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050002109C070206
The applicant states, in effect, that Item 17, of the DD Form 214, states that he was, "Ordered to ACDUTRA (active duty for training) for 18 months and 1 day." He requests that his DD Form 214 be corrected to show that he was ordered to active duty for 18 months and 1 day. The applicant was release from active duty for training on 26 September 1965 and was returned to state control as a member of the Oregon Army National Guard to complete his remaining service obligation of 5 years and 6 months.
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050002116C070206
The applicant states, in effect, that he is requesting reconsideration of the Board's final decision in denying his promotion to staff sergeant. In its original conclusions, the Board found that the evidence of record confirmed the applicant was promoted to the rank of sergeant (SGT) on 29 March 1983, but failed to show he was ever recommended for or promoted to SSG prior to his separation from active duty 3. At the time, he was serving an enlistment in the Army National Guard with an...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050002120C070206
In an advisory opinion, dated 13 July 2005, the Chief, Promotions Branch, Office of Promotions, Reserve Components, Army Human Resources Command (AHRC) – St. Louis, Missouri, stated that based on the applicant's corrected date of rank for first lieutenant of 23 February 2000, her promotion eligibility date (PED) for captain was 22 February 2005. No captain AMEDD selection board prior to the 2004 board considered first lieutenants for promotion to captain with a date of rank later than 30...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050002121C070206
At the time of her discharge, she was eligible for retirement with 20 qualifying years of service and was not assisted by her unit administrator (UA) in obtaining a 20-Year Letter (Notification of Eligibility for Retired Pay at Age 60). In the absence of proper assistance from her unit, the applicant took the necessary action to correct her records and to obtain what she had earned through her service. Inasmuch as the applicant meets eligibility requirements for assignment to the Retired...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050002122C070206
Carol A. Kornhoff | |Member | The Board considered the following evidence: Exhibit A - Application for correction of military records. Exhibit B - Military Personnel Records (including advisory opinion, if any). The applicant states that he incurred these injuries during Basic Combat Training (BCT).
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050002123C070206
The applicant provides the denial of her request to reconsider her CRSC application, her VA disability decision and rating, excerpts from her military medical records, and her separation documents. The OUSD has maintained in these opinions that in order for a condition to be considered combat related, there must be evidence of the condition having a direct, causal relationship to war or the simulation of war. Due to cost constraints, while all military retirees will eventually receive...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050002127C070206
On 17 November 1984, the applicant’s commander notified the applicant in writing that he was initiating action to separate him from the service for unsatisfactory performance under the provisions of Army Regulation 635- 200, chapter 13. There is no evidence in the available records to show that he ever applied to the Army Discharge Review Board for an upgrade of his discharge within that board’s 15-year statute of limitations. The Board determined that the evidence presented was sufficient...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050002131C070206
The applicant requests, in effect, promotion reconsideration to colonel by a special selection board (SSB) under the 2002 criteria and that his official military photograph be included in the promotion consideration file (PCF). In an advisory opinion, dated 6 July 2005, the Chief, Promotions Branch, Office of Promotions, Reserve Components, HRC – St. Louis, stated that a review of the applicant's records revealed he was considered by the 2002 Colonel RCSB and not selected. Since...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050002132C070206
RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS IN THE CASE OF: BOARD DATE: 22 December 2005 DOCKET NUMBER: AR20050002132 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. His NGB Form 22 and his discharge orders both show that he was separated with an honorable discharge due to medical unfitness under the provisions of National Guard Regulation 600-200 (Enlisted Personnel Management),...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050002146C070206
The applicant requests correction of her DD Form 214 (Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty) to show her foreign service and to show the "Kuwait Service Medal." There is no Army message authorizing award of the "Kuwait Service Medal" for service in Kuwait. The Board determined that the evidence presented was sufficient to warrant a recommendation for partial relief.
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050002163C070206
By regulation, the rank and pay grade held on the date of separation from active duty will be entered in Item 4 of the DD Form 214. The evidence of record confirms the applicant held the rank and pay grade of MSG/E-8 on the date of his REFRAD for retirement. The evidence of record shows that at the time of his retirement, the applicant only had completed 22 years 10 months and 27 days of active military service.
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050002165C070206
The applicant requests that his medical discharge with severance pay be rescinded and he be returned to active duty. On 23 February 2004, a PEB found the applicant physically unfit due to chronic bilateral knee pain rated at "0" percent and recommended separation with severance pay. On the DD Form 2807 (Report of Medical History), dated 19 April 2005, the applicant states that his separation was for ETS, yet both of the DD Forms 214 indicate he was discharged for a medical disability...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050002166C070206
Therefore, he is entitled to correction of his records to show this unit award. Therefore, he is entitled to correction of his records to show this unit award. As a result, the Board recommends that all Department of the Army records of the individual concerned be corrected by showing award of: a. the first award of the Good Conduct Medal, for the period 19 August 1965 to 18 August 1967; b. the Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation with Palm; c. the Republic of Vietnam Civil...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050002171C070206
Carmen Duncan | |Member | The Board considered the following evidence: Exhibit A - Application for correction of military records. He was only barred to reenlistment. The regulation in effect at the time of the applicant’s separation stipulated that an SPD code of KGF and RE-4 code would be assigned to members separating under the provisions of paragraph 16-5b, Army Regulation 635-200, by reason of locally imposed bar to reenlistment.
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050002172C070206
The applicant requests award of the Purple Heart for a wound received in Vietnam. The records show that the applicant served in Vietnam during the period from 28 October 1970 to 27 October 1971. There are no orders in the applicant's military service records awarding him the Purple Heart.
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050002173C070206
Edward E. Montgomery | |Member | The Board considered the following evidence: Exhibit A - Application for correction of military records. Therefore, the time for the applicant to file a request for correction of any error or injustice expired on 1 January 1950. The Board determined that the evidence presented does not demonstrate the existence of a probable error or injustice.
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050002174C070206
Therefore, the time for the applicant to file a request for correction of any error or injustice expired on 1 January 1950. 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 Army of Occupation Medal with Germany Clasp, and the Presidential Unit Citation (known as the Distinguished...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050002175C070206
On 7 July 2004, the U.S. Army Physical Disability Agency (USAPDA) Combat Related Special Compensation (CRSC) Branch denied the applicant’s request for CRSC for residuals of foot injury and duodenal ulcer. However, the USAPDA CRSC Branch approved the applicant’s 20% disability for his back condition for CRSC. Since there is no evidence or indication that the applicant’s Purple Heart wound resulted in a back injury, there is no basis for changing the effective date of his CRSC for his back injury.
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050002176C070206
On 22 June 1988, the separation authority approved the applicant’s request for discharge and directed that he receive an UOTHC discharge. On 29 June 1988, the applicant was discharged accordingly. There is no evidence showing that the applicant applied to the Army Discharge Review Board for an upgrade to his discharge within its 15-year statue of limitations.
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050002177C070206
SFC V___ told her there was a program for medical doctors in the Army called a "half STRAP" program. When Major W___ brought out the papers for the applicant to sign for the half STRAP program, the program Major W___ explained did not sound like the program the applicant discussed with SFC V___. SFC V___ told her he would petition the Army to have her included in the half STRAP program, considering the fact he had recruited her and had her commissioned for a program for which she was not...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050002179C070206
The applicant requests, in effect, that Item 4 (Grade, Rate, or Rank) of her 29 February 2004 separation document (DD Form 214) be corrected to show 1SG vice MSG. The records show that Orders Number 346-11, issued by the United States Total Army Personnel Command, dated 12 December 1997, promoted the applicant to Master Sergeant (MSG) with an effective date and date of rank of 1 January 1998. There is no evidence of record showing that the applicant held the rank of 1SG at the time of her...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050002182C070206
The applicant states he was medically retired in error by a doctor who determined he had ulcerative colitis. The evaluating physician noted the applicant was 27 years old, and had complained of bloody diarrhea with four or five bowel movements a day in December 1996. There is no medical evidence supporting the applicant's contention that his tobacco use was the cause of the medical condition which resulted in his retirement by reason of physical disability.
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050002183C070206
On 27 October 1972, the separation authority approved the applicant’s request for discharge and directed that he be furnished an undesirable discharge. Accordingly, the applicant was discharged with an undesirable discharge on 24 November 1972 under the provisions of Army Regulation 635-200, chapter 10, for the good of the service. The applicant’s voluntary request for separation under the provisions of Army Regulation 635-200, chapter 10, for the good of the service to avoid trial by...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050002186C070206
Leonard G. Hassell | |Member | The Board considered the following evidence: Exhibit A - Application for correction of military records. Due to cost constraints, while all military retirees will eventually receive concurrent receipt of VA disability compensation, only those military retirees who have disabilities incurred in combat, or in conditions simulating combat (which includes hazardous duties), are eligible for CRSC. As stated above, the CRSC criteria is specifically for those...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050002199C070206
The applicant requests, in effect, that his records be corrected to show he completed 20 qualifying years of service in order to qualify for non-regular retired pay. The applicant states, in effect, that he served in the Army from 1977 through 1997, and that he completed the required 20 years of service necessary to receive non-regular retired pay. The evidence of record contains an AHRC Form 606-E that confirms the applicant had three periods that were not qualifying years creditable for...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050002200C070206
The applicant contends that his DD Form 214 should be corrected to show award of the Army Commendation Medal with "V" Device because he received the award while serving in Vietnam, but it is not on shown on his discharge document that was issued at the time of his retirement from the U.S. Army on 31 December 1986. Evidence of record shows that the applicant's DD Form 214 was corrected to show award of the Army Commendation Medal with "V" Device on 26 January 2005. Evidence shows that the...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050002201C070206
National Guard Bureau Federal Recognition, Special Orders Number 151 AR, dated 13 May 2005, promoted the applicant to the grade of first lieutenant, effective 17 December 2004. He cites Army Regulation 135-155 (Promotion of Commissioned Officers and Warrants Officers Other Than General Officers), Table 2-2 (Military Educational Requirements Commissioned Officers, Other Than Commissioned Warrant Officers Grade), Note 1, and states that he met the military educational requirement because he...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050002203C070206
However, none of the awards were recorded on his separation document. As such, that course would not be recorded on his separation document. As a result, the Board recommends that all Department of the Army records of the individual concerned be corrected: a. by showing in item 7a that his place of entry on active duty was El Paso, Texas and in item 7b that his HOR was 7049 Westwind, Apartment 3017, El Paso, Texas 79912; b. by showing in item 11 that he held specialty 91W20 for 10...