ARMY | BCMR | CY2014 | 20140010472
In view of the foregoing, on 3 September 2014 the Secretary of Defense directed the Service Discharge Review Boards (DRBs) and Service Boards for Correction of Military/Naval Records (BCM/NRs) to carefully consider the revised PTSD criteria, detailed medical considerations and mitigating factors when taking action on applications from former service members administratively discharged UOTHC and who have been diagnosed with PTSD by a competent mental health professional representing a...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2014 | 20140010474
Application for correction of military records (with supporting documents provided, if any). Army Regulation 635-5-1 ((SPD) Codes) provides the specific authorities (regulatory or directive), reasons for separating Soldiers from active duty, and the SPD codes to be entered on the DD Form 214. It states that the SPD code JHJ is the appropriate code to assign to Soldiers separated under the provision of Army Regulation 635-200, chapter 13 due to unsatisfactory performance.
ARMY | BCMR | CY2014 | 20140010475
The SRP reviewed the records for evidence of inappropriate changes in diagnosis of the mental health condition during processing through the military disability evaluation system. The SRPs charge with respect to the MH conditions referred for review that were determined to be not unfitting by the physical evaluation board (PEB) was an assessment of the appropriateness of the PEBs fitness adjudication. After due deliberation in consideration of the preponderance of the evidence, the SRP...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2014 | 20140010476
The applicant requests correction of his DD Form 214 (Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty) to show his social security number (SSN) as shown on his social security card and to show his first name as shown on his birth certificate. This provision of law also allows the Army Board for Correction of Military Records (ABCMR) to excuse an applicant's failure to timely file within the 3-year statute of limitations if the ABCMR determines it would be in the interest of justice to...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2014 | 20140010480
The applicant requests correction of his military records by removing a Department of the Army removal letter from his Official Military Personnel File (OMPF) and from a promotion board file. A review of the applicant's OMPF showed a copy of the subject letter is filed in the applicant's service folder. The applicant contends that his military records should be corrected by removing a Department of the Army removal letter from his OMPF and from a promotion board file, because he was not...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2014 | 20140010481
It also shows he was separated under the provisions of Army Regulation 635-200 (Personnel Separations Enlisted Personnel), chapter 10, with his service characterized as undesirable. c. Paragraph 3-7b states a general discharge is a separation from the Army under honorable conditions. Army Regulation 15-185 (ABCMR), paragraph 2-2c, states the ABCMR will decide cases on the evidence of record.
ARMY | BCMR | CY2014 | 20140010483
The applicant requests, in effect, correction of his DD Form 214 (Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty) to show his complete record of service, including the period of his honorable service and all of his authorized awards. The applicant provides copies of his * DD Form 4 (Enlistment/Reenlistment Document Armed Forces of the United States), dated 29 March 2005 (page 1) * two DA Forms 638 (Recommendations for Award), dated 28 August 2004 and 31 May 2005 * three permanent...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2014 | 20140010484
On 31 August 1992, the separation authority approved the applicant's voluntary request for discharge and directed the issuance of a discharge under other than honorable conditions. c. The military said his service from 24 June 1991 to 16 September 1992 was not honorable. Although an honorable or general discharge is authorized, a discharge under other than honorable conditions is normally considered appropriate.
ARMY | BCMR | CY2014 | 20140010485
The applicant requests correction of his DD Form 214 (Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty) to show his deployment to Kuwait. His service record is void of evidence which shows he was deployed to Kuwait from May to October 1997. The Desert Shield/Storm Data Base verifies the applicant was deployed from 1 June to 30 September 1997 (a period of 4 months) and the applicant provided a Certificate of Achievement which shows he participated in Task Force 2-12, Intrinsic Action...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2014 | 20140010486
United States Army Training Center, Infantry and Fort Ord, California, Special Court-Martial Orders Number 124, dated 19 May 1971, noted that only so much of the approved sentences as provided for a BCD, confinement at hard labor for 6 months, forfeiture of $70.00 pay per months for 6 months and reduction to pay grade E-1 had been affirmed. In view of the foregoing, on 3 September 2014 the Secretary of Defense directed the Service Discharge Review Boards (DRBs) and Service Boards for...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2014 | 20140010488
BOARD DATE: 12 February 2015 DOCKET NUMBER: AR20140010488 THE BOARD CONSIDERED THE FOLLOWING EVIDENCE: 1. The applicant requests that his undesirable discharge (UD) be upgraded to an honorable discharge (HD). _______ _ 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.
ARMY | BCMR | CY2014 | 20140010490
Army Regulation 672-5-1 (Military Awards), in effect at the time, provided that the Army Good Conduct Medal was awarded to individuals who completed a qualified period of active duty enlisted service. Therefore, it would be appropriate to award him the 1st award of the Army Good Conduct Medal based on completion of a qualifying period of Federal military service and correct his DD Form 214 to show this award. As a result, the Board recommends that all Department of the Army records of the...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2014 | 20140010492
The SRP considered the appropriateness of changes in the MH diagnoses, and the physical evaluation board (PEB) fitness determination. To consider if this diagnostic variance represented a possible disadvantage to the applicant during the Integrated Disability Evaluation System (IDES) process, the SRP first considered if the preponderance of the evidence indicated unfitness to perform military duties. The record indicated treatment was improving his symptoms and his symptoms were not...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2014 | 20140010493
The applicant requests reconsideration of his earlier request for correction of his records to show he was retired under the Temporary Early Retirement Authority (TERA) instead of discharged under the Early Release Program Special Separation Benefit (SSB). Military Personnel (MILPER) Message Number 93-164, dated 20 April 1993, prescribed eligibility requirements and application procedures for early retirement for Regular Army Soldiers. The May 1994 PERSCOM message implementing the Fiscal...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2014 | 20140010497
The applicant requests a review of the military disability evaluation pertaining to a mental health (MH) condition. The PDBR SRP conducted a comprehensive review of the applicants submissions and records for evidence of inappropriate changes in the diagnosis of a mental health condition during processing through the military disability system. The SRPs charge with respect to MH conditions referred for review that were determined to be not unfitting by the PEB was an assessment of the...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2014 | 20140010498
Application for correction of military records (with supporting documents provided, if any). The applicant requests a review of the military disability evaluation pertaining to a mental health (MH) condition. The PDBR SRP conducted a comprehensive review of the applicants submissions and records for evidence of inappropriate changes in the diagnosis of a mental health condition during processing through the military disability system.
ARMY | BCMR | CY2014 | 20140010499
The applicant requests his under other than honorable conditions discharge be upgraded to an honorable discharge. On 18 February 1976, he consulted with legal counsel and voluntarily requested discharge for the good of the service, in lieu of trial by court-martial, under the provisions of Army Regulation 635-200 (Personnel Separations Enlisted Personnel), chapter 10. Based on the seriousness of his offense and in view of the fact that he voluntarily requested to be discharged in order...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2014 | 20140010501
The PDBR SRP conducted a comprehensive review of the applicants submissions and records for evidence of inappropriate changes in the diagnosis of a mental health condition during processing through the military disability system. The SRP directed attention to its recommendations and its first assessment with regard to the MH condition, under MH Review guidelines, was to judge (based on a preponderance of evidence) whether an MH diagnosis was changed or unfairly eliminated during the...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2014 | 20140010502
The applicant requests his general, under honorable conditions discharge be upgraded to honorable. There is no evidence he applied to the Army Discharge Review Board for an upgrade of his discharge within that board's 15-year statute of limitations. As a result, the Board recommends that all Department of the Army records of the individual concerned be corrected by: * issuing the applicant a new DD Form 214 reflecting his character of service as honorable * issuing the applicant an...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2014 | 20140010503
Application for correction of military records (with supporting documents provided, if any). With the exception of the date of separation on the DD Form 214, all of the available evidence shows that the applicant was released from active duty in 1954, not 1953. As a result, the Board recommends that all Department of the Army records of the individual concerned be corrected by correcting the date of separation on the DD Form 214 to 19 February 1954.
ARMY | BCMR | CY2014 | 20140010504
The PDBR SRP conducted a comprehensive review of the applicants submissions and records for evidence of inappropriate changes in the diagnosis of a mental health condition during processing through the military disability system. The Department of Defense memorandum, dated 27 February 2013, directed the Service Secretaries to conduct a review of mental health diagnoses for service members completing a disability evaluation process between 11 September 2001 and 30 April 2012 in order to...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2014 | 20140010505
The applicant requests his DD Form 214 (Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty) be corrected to show the second award of the Army Achievement Medal (AAM), the Kuwait Liberation Medal of Kuwait, and the Kuwait Liberation Medal of Saudi Arabia. His records contain PO for both AAMs, and his DD Form 214 should be corrected to show both awards. As a result, the Board recommends that all Department of the Army records of the individual concerned be corrected by: a. deleting from...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2014 | 20140010507
Army Regulation 672-5-1 (Awards), in effect at the time, stated the AGCM may be awarded for each 3 years of continuous enlisted active Federal military service completed on or after 27 August 1940; for first award only, upon termination of service on or after 27 June 1950 of less than 3 years but more than 1 year. It also shows the 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment was awarded, in DAGO 53, 1970, the Republic of Vietnam Civil Actions Honor Medal First Class Unit Citation for the period...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2014 | 20140010511
The SRP reviewed the records for evidence of inappropriate changes in diagnosis of the MH condition during processing through the military Disability Evaluation System (DES). The SRPs charge with respect to MH conditions referred for review that were determined to be not unfitting by the PEB was an assessment of the appropriateness of the PEBs fitness adjudication. After due deliberation in consideration of the preponderance of the evidence, the SRP concluded that there was insufficient...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2014 | 20140010514
The applicant requests a review of the military disability evaluation pertaining to a mental health (MH) condition. The PDBR SRP conducted a comprehensive review of the applicants submissions and records for evidence of inappropriate changes in the diagnosis of a mental health condition during processing through the military disability system. The SRP reviewed the records for evidence of inappropriate changes in A diagnosis of an MH condition during processing through the Disability...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2014 | 20140010518
The applicant requests, through his Member of Congress, award of the Purple Heart and correction of his DD Form 214 (Armed Forces of the United States Report of Transfer or Discharge) to show this award. Therefore, he is entitled to correction of his records to show these unit awards. As a result, the Board recommends that all Department of the Army records of the individual concerned be corrected by: * awarding him the Purple Heart for wounds received in action on 15 May 1968 * deleting...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2014 | 20140010524
In view of the foregoing, on 3 September 2014 the Secretary of Defense directed the Service Discharge Review Boards (DRBs) and Service Boards for Correction of Military/Naval Records (BCM/NRs) to carefully consider the revised PTSD criteria, detailed medical considerations and mitigating factors when taking action on applications from former service members administratively discharged UOTHC and who have been diagnosed with PTSD by a competent mental health professional representing a...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2014 | 20140010526
The applicant requests award of the Combat Infantryman Badge and correction of his DD Form 214 (Armed Forces of the United States Report of Transfer or Discharge) to show this badge. Unit Orders Number 27, dated 28 September 1966, issued by Company A, 228th Aviation Battalion, wherein he was promoted to the rank of SP4. This regulation also stated the Combat Infantryman Badge was awarded only to enlisted individuals who held and served in MOS 11B, 11C, 11D, 11F, 11G, or 11H.
ARMY | BCMR | CY2014 | 20140010527
The applicant's military records are not available for review. As a result, the Board recommends that all Department of the Army records of the individual concerned be corrected by: * awarding him the BSM for meritorious service during WWII based on award of the CIB * adding the awards of the BSM and PUC to his WD AGO Form 53-55 2. _______ _ __X_____ ___ CHAIRPERSON I certify that herein is recorded the true and complete record of the proceedings of the Army Board for Correction of...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2014 | 20140010530
The applicant requests correction of his DD Form 214 (Report of Separation from the Armed Forces of the United States) to show award of the Distinguished Service Cross (DSC). Army Regulation 600-8-22 states the Republic of Korea War Service Medal (ROKWSM) is awarded to members of the U.S. Armed Forces who served in Korea and adjacent waters between 25 June 1950 and 27 July 1953. As a result, the Board recommends that all Department of the Army records of the individual concerned be...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2014 | 20140010544
Counsel requests reconsideration of the applicant's earlier request for: * promotion to lieutenant colonel (LTC) in the U.S. Army Reserve (USAR), effective 16 September 2011 with entitlement to back pay and allowances * placement on the Retired List in the rank of LTC vice major (MAJ) on his 60th birthday * correction of the applicant's mobilization DD Form 214 (Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty), ending on 30 April 1991, to show his rank as LTC 2. Had he not requested...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2014 | 20140010547
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. Therefore, in the absence of sufficient evidence to show when he was wounded, the date of his treatment and evidence to show that the treatment was made a matter of record, there appears to be no basis to award him the Purple Heart at this time. Therefore, the Board determined that the overall merits of this case...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2014 | 20140010549
The applicant requests correction of the military records to show entitlement to separation pay. An advisory opinion received from the Department of the Army, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-1, recommends the records be corrected to show the applicant signed a valid service agreement prior to separating from active duty and approval of entitlement to separation pay. As a result, the Board recommends that all Department of the Army records of the individual concerned be corrected...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2014 | 20140010550
On 10 March 1971, court-martial charges were preferred against him for being AWOL from 10 April 1970 to 3 March 1971. The DD Form 214 he was issued shows he was discharged under the provisions of Army Regulation 635-200, chapter 10, for the good of the service in lieu of trial by a court-martial with an Undesirable Discharge Certificate. Likewise, there is no evidence of record and none was provided with this application to show he suffered an injury or was diagnosed with an illness or...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2014 | 20140010553
The applicant states he was told he would not deploy to the Republic of Vietnam because he was the only male child in his family. In his request for discharge, the applicant indicated he understood that by requesting a discharge he was advised of the implications attached to it and that if his request for discharge was accepted, he may be discharged under other than honorable conditions, and furnished an Undesirable Discharge Certificate. _______ _ X______ ___ CHAIRPERSON I certify that...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2014 | 20140010556
His DA Form 2-1 (Personnel Qualification Record - Part II) shows in: a. item 5 (Oversea Service), he served in the Republic of Vietnam from 3 October 1969 to 29 September 1970.and from 9 August 1971 to 7 August 1972 b. item 9 (Awards, Decorations and Campaigns), no entry for award of the Bronze Star Medal. His service record also includes Headquarters, 1st Aviation Brigade, General Orders Number 0235, dated 24 August 1970, awarded him the Army Commendation Medal for meritorious service from...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2014 | 20140010563
The applicant requests correction of the military records to show entitlement to separation pay. An advisory opinion received from the Department of the Army, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-1, recommends the records be corrected to show the applicant signed a valid service agreement prior to separating from active duty and approval of entitlement to separation pay. As a result, the Board recommends that all Department of the Army records of the individual concerned be corrected...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2014 | 20140010565
The applicant requests correction of the military records to show entitlement to separation pay. An advisory opinion received from the Department of the Army, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-1, recommends the records be corrected to show the applicant signed a valid service agreement prior to separating from active duty and approval of entitlement to separation pay. As a result, the Board recommends that all Department of the Army records of the individual concerned be corrected...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2014 | 20140010566
The applicant requests correction of the military records to show entitlement to separation pay. An advisory opinion received from the Department of the Army, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-1, recommends the records be corrected to show the applicant signed a valid service agreement prior to separating from active duty and approval of entitlement to separation pay. As a result, the Board recommends that all Department of the Army records of the individual concerned be corrected...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2014 | 20140010568
The applicant requests correction of the military records to show entitlement to separation pay. An advisory opinion received from the Department of the Army, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-1, recommends the records be corrected to show the applicant signed a valid service agreement prior to separating from active duty and approval of entitlement to separation pay. As a result, the Board recommends that all Department of the Army records of the individual concerned be corrected...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2014 | 20140010569
The applicant requests correction of the military records to show entitlement to separation pay. An advisory opinion received from the Department of the Army, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-1, recommends the records be corrected to show the applicant signed a valid service agreement prior to separating from active duty and approval of entitlement to separation pay. As a result, the Board recommends that all Department of the Army records of the individual concerned be corrected...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2014 | 20140010570
The applicant requests correction of the military records to show entitlement to separation pay. An advisory opinion received from the Department of the Army, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-1, recommends the records be corrected to show the applicant signed a valid service agreement prior to separating from active duty and approval of entitlement to separation pay. As a result, the Board recommends that all Department of the Army records of the individual concerned be corrected...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2014 | 20140010571
The applicant requests correction of the military records to show entitlement to separation pay. An advisory opinion received from the Department of the Army, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-1, recommends the records be corrected to show the applicant signed a valid service agreement prior to separating from active duty and approval of entitlement to separation pay. As a result, the Board recommends that all Department of the Army records of the individual concerned be corrected...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2014 | 20140010572
The applicant requests correction of the military records to show entitlement to separation pay. An advisory opinion received from the Department of the Army, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-1, recommends the records be corrected to show the applicant signed a valid service agreement prior to separating from active duty and approval of entitlement to separation pay. As a result, the Board recommends that all Department of the Army records of the individual concerned be corrected...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2014 | 20140010573
The applicant requests correction of the military records to show entitlement to separation pay. An advisory opinion received from the Department of the Army, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-1, recommends the records be corrected to show the applicant signed a valid service agreement prior to separating from active duty and approval of entitlement to separation pay. As a result, the Board recommends that all Department of the Army records of the individual concerned be corrected...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2014 | 20140010575
The applicant requests correction of the military records to show entitlement to separation pay. An advisory opinion received from the Department of the Army, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-1, recommends the records be corrected to show the applicant signed a valid service agreement prior to separating from active duty and approval of entitlement to separation pay. As a result, the Board recommends that all Department of the Army records of the individual concerned be corrected...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2014 | 20140010581
The applicant requests correction of his DD Form 214 (Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty) to show: * a third award of the Army Commendation Medal (ARCOM) * award of the Driver and Mechanic Badge with Driver-W Bar instead of the First Class Diver Badge 2. His records contain Headquarters, 2nd Brigade, Permanent Orders Number 078-020, dated 19 March 2006, which show he was awarded the ARCOM for outstanding service for the period 1 October 2005 to 1 September 2006. There are...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2014 | 20140010582
The applicant states: * the citation for the Army Commendation Medal he was awarded while in Vietnam supports his engagement in direct combat action * the item 40 (Wounds) entry on his DA Form 20 (Enlisted Qualification Record) shows he received a shrapnel wound to the right leg and supports his entitlement to the Purple Heart * a Bronze Star Medal with "V" Device was pinned on him in formation at the 101st Airborne Headquarters, but he does not have a record of it * he was informed he was...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2014 | 20140010583
The applicant requests an upgrade of his under other than honorable conditions discharge. He acknowledged: * He could be discharged under other than honorable conditions and furnished an Under Other Than Honorable Conditions Discharge Certificate and the result of the issuance of such a discharge * He understood that if he desired a review of his discharge, he must apply to either the Army Discharge Review Board (ADRB) or the ABCMR and that act of consideration by either board did not imply...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2014 | 20140010584
The applicant requests that his award of the Silver Star be added to his DD Form 214 (Armed Forces of the United States Report of Transfer or Discharge). He participated in four campaigns and is entitled to wear four bronze service stars on his already awarded Vietnam Service Medal and to have them added to his DD Form 214. The Board determined that the evidence presented was sufficient to warrant a recommendation for relief.