AIR FORCE BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS 

RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS 

IN THE MATTER OF: 

DOCKET NUMBER:  98-01185 

SEP  2 9  1998 

COUNSEL:  NONE 

HEARING DESIRED: YES 

Applicant  requests  that  (1)  her  Calendar  Year  1998  (CY981 
Lieutenant  Colonel, Nurse  Corp,  Promotion  Recommendation  Form 
(PRF) be  replaced with a new PRF and  (2) she be  considered for 
promotion to the grade of lieutenant colonel by Special Selection 
Board  (SSB) for  the  CY98  Lieutenant  Colonel  Selection  Board. 
Applicant's submission is at Exhibit A. 

The appropriate Air  Fofce offices evaluated applicant's request 
and  provided  advisory  opinions  to  the  Board  recommending  the 
application be  denied  (Exhibit C).  The advisory opinions were 
forwarded to the applicant for review and response  (Exhibit D). 
Applicant's  response to the advisory opinions is at Exhibit E. 

After  careful  consideration  of  applicant's  request  and  the 
available  evidence of  record, we  find  insufficient evidence of 
error or injustice to warrant corrective action.  The Board notes 
that  the  applicant  has  submitted  a  rewritten PRF  but  does not 
have  the  required  support  of  the  senior  rater  and  Management 
Level Review President as outlined in AFI 36-2401.  Therefore, in 
the absence of  evidence to the contrary, we  find no compelling 
basis  to  recommend  granting  the  relief  sought  in  this 
application.  The  facts  and  opinions  stated  in  the  advisory 
opinions appear to be  based on the evidence of  record and have 
not  been  adequately  rebutted  by  applicant.  Absent  persuasive 
evidence  applicant  was  denied  rights  to  which  entitled, 
appropriate  regulations  were  not  followed,  or  appropriate 
standards  were  not  applied, we  find  no  basis  to  disturb  the 
existing record. 

Accordingly, applicant's request is denied. 

The applicant's case is adequately documented and it has not been 
shown that  a  personal  appearance  with  or without  counsel will 
materially  add  to  our  understanding of  the  issue(s)  involved. 
Therefore, the request for a hearing is not favorably considered. 
The Board staff is directed to inform applicant of this decision. 
Applicant should also be informed that this decision is final and 
will only be  reconsidered upon the presentation of new relevant 
evidence  which  was  not  reasonably  available  at  the  time  the 
application was filed. 

Members of the Board Mr. David W. Mulgrew, Mrs. Margaret A. Zook 
and Mr. Gary Appleton considered this application on 22  September 
1998, in accordance with the provisions of Air Force Instruction 

36-2603, and the governing statute, 10, U.S.C. 1 5 5 2 .  w- 

AVID W. MULGREW 
Panel Chair 

Exhibits: 

A.  Applicant's DD Form 149 
B.  Available Master Personnel Records 
C.  Advisory Opinion 
D. 
E.  Applicant's Response 

AFBCMR Ltr Forwarding Advisory Opinion 

D E P A R T M E N T  OF T H E  AIR  FORCE 

H E A D Q U A R T E R S  A I R   F O R C E   P E R S O N N E L C E N T E R  

R A N D O L P H   A I R   F O R C E   B A S E   T E X A S  

MEMORANDUM FOR SAFMIBR 

FROM:  HQ AFPCDPPPE 

550 C Street West, Ste 07 
Randolph AFB TX 78 150-4709 

Correction of Military Records 

Requested Action:  Applicant is requesting her CY98 Lieutenant Colonel (NC) 
Promotion Recommendation Form (PRF) be re-written and upgraded to a “Definitely 
Promote” and she be granted a Special Selection Board. 

Basis of Request:  Applicant claims her PRF was altered prior to the 21 Jan 98 
Lieutenant Colonel (NC) Central Selection Board. 

Facts:  The applicant received a “Promote” recommendation on her CY98 PRF and was 
subsequently non-selected for promotion to Lieutenant Colonel by the CY98 Nurse Corps 
CSB. 

Discussion:  The applicant claims the comments/suggestions she provided to her senior 
rater were watered down in the final version of her PRF which she received in Dec 97.  In 
particular, the last line of Section IV did not contain the words ‘$Definitely Promote.’’  Per 
AFI 36-2402, Oflcer Evaluation System (Jul96), Chapter 4.4.1.3, a senior rater is solely 
responsible for evaluating each officer’s Record of Performance and awarding a 
promotion recommendation.  While AFI 36-2402 allows for subordinate supervisors to 
provide informatiodsuggestions for a PRF, the senior rater has the final authority for the 
information placed into a PRF. 

By awarding a “Promote” recommendation, a senior rater is stating the officer is qualified 
for promotion and should compete at the central selection board on the basis of 
performance, performance-based potential, and broader considerations.  While the 
applicant claims partiality to medical officers in the promotion system, she was only 
evaluated against other officers in the Nurse Corps by her senior rater, the Management 
Level Review, and lastly by the Central Selection Board in Jan 98.  Without access to 
every eligible officer she competed with, she can make no claim of partiality of other 
officers over herself. 

While the applicant has provided a rewritten PRF with the requested change, she has 
failed to provide the required support from her senior rater and Management Level 
Review President as outlined in AFI 36-240 1, Correcting OfJicer and Enlisted Reports 
(Dec 97). 

Recommendation:  A PRF is considered to be an accurate assessment of an officer’s 
performance and performance based potential at the time it is written.  At the time it was 
rendered, the applicant had two options to have the PRF changed prior to the 1998 
Lieutenant Colonel (NC) CSB.  First, she could have approached her senior rater and 
requested a change.  Second, if the officer believed it was not a*fair assessment of her 
record, she could have written the 1998 Lieutenant Colonel (NC) CSB President.  In 
order to re-write Section IV of a PRF and to upgrade a PRF rating, there needs to be a 
demonstrated material error in the PRF or in how the PRF was prepared.  The applicant 
has shown neither to have existed at the time her CY98 PRF was prepared.  Recommend 
denial of the applicant’s request. 

LL. 

Directorate of Personnel Program Mgt. 

D E P A R T M E N T  O F  T H E  A I R   FORCE 

H E A D Q U A R T E R S   AIR  FORCE  P E R S O N N E L C E N T E R  

R A N D O L P H  AIR  FORCE  B A S E  T E X A S  

MEMORANDUM FOR AFBCMR 

FROM:  HQ AFPCDPPPA 

550 C Street West, Suite 8 
Randolph AFB TX  78150-4710 

SUBJECT: 

Requested Action.  The applicant, a nurse corps officer, requests promotion reconsideration by the 

CY98A (21 Jan 98) lieutenant colonel board (P0598A). 

Basis for Request.  The applicant contends her promotion recommendation form (PRF) was altered 

prior to the P0598A board. 

Recommendation.  Deny. 

Facts and Comments. 

a.  Application is timely filed.  The applicant previously submitted an AFI 36-2603 appeal on 

an unrelated issue in  1997 which was denied by the AFBCMR.  No similar application was submitted 
under AFI 36-2401, Correcting Officer and Enlisted Evaluation Reports.  We did not return the 
application since the applicant has not requested a specific correction to the PRF nor does she have the 
required evaluator support necessary to challenge the PRF. 

b.  The governing directive is AFI 36-2402, Officer Evaluation System, 1 Jul96. 

c.  The applicant has three promotion nonselections by the CY95B (27 Nov 95) (P0595B), 

CY97A (3 Feb 97) (P0597A), and P0598A lieutenant colonel boards.  There was no board for nurse 
corps officers in  1996. 

d.  HQ AFPCDPPPE provided an advisory, dated  12 May 98, that addresses the applicant's 

claims.  We concur with their assessment and have nothing further to add. 

Summary.  Based on the assessment by HQ AFPCDPPPE and the documentation provided by the 

applicant, we recommend denial. 

u u  

MARIANNE 

STERL ,r&d.&e-s, 

G, Lt Col,  AF 

Chief, Appeals and SSB Branch 
Directorate of Pers Program Mgt