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AF | BCMR | CY1999 | 9800356
Original file (9800356.doc) Auto-classification: Approved

                       RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS
         AIR FORCE BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS


IN THE MATTER OF:      DOCKET NUMBER:  98-00356

            COUNSEL:  NONE

            HEARING DESIRED:  NO


_________________________________________________________________

APPLICANT REQUESTS THAT:

The narrative reason for her discharge be changed.

_________________________________________________________________

APPLICANT CONTENDS THAT:

The reasons the applicant believes the records to be in error or unjust  and
the evidence submitted in support of the appeal are at Exhibit A.

_________________________________________________________________

STATEMENT OF FACTS:

The relevant facts  pertaining  to  this  application,  extracted  from  the
applicant's military records, are contained in the letters prepared  by  the
appropriate offices of the Air Force.  Accordingly,  there  is  no  need  to
recite these facts in this Record of Proceedings.

_________________________________________________________________

AIR FORCE EVALUATION:

The BCMR Medical Consultant reviewed this application  and  states  that  no
change in the records is warrant  and  the  application  should  be  denied.
There is no evidence of error or  irregularity  in  the  processing  of  the
case.

A complete copy of the Air Force evaluation is attached at Exhibit C.

The Separations Branch, AFPC/DPPRS, reviewed  this  application  and  states
that the applicant did not identify any specific  errors  in  the  discharge
processing nor provide facts which  warrant  a  change  in  her  reason  for
discharge.  Therefore, they recommend denial of her request.

A complete copy of the Air Force evaluation is attached at Exhibit D.

_________________________________________________________________

APPLICANT'S REVIEW OF AIR FORCE EVALUATION:

The applicant reviewed the Air Force evaluations  and  provided  a  response
which is attached at Exhibit F.

_________________________________________________________________

THE BOARD CONCLUDES THAT:

1.    The applicant has exhausted all remedies provided by existing  law  or
regulations.

2.    The application was not timely filed; however, it is in  the  interest
of justice to excuse the failure to timely file.

3.    Sufficient relevant evidence has been  presented  to  demonstrate  the
existence of probable error or injustice. The applicant contends the  reason
for her discharge was the result  of  her  Post  Traumatic  Stress  Disorder
(PTSD) as a result of the sexual harassment she experienced, rather  than  a
personality disorder.  In support of her appeal,  the  applicant  submits  a
statement  from  a  civilian  psychologist  who  diagnosed  the  applicant’s
condition as PTSD.  Based on the evidence  of  record,  it  that  while  the
diagnosis of personality disorder may have been appropriate at the  time  of
her separation, since it was not until 1980 that PTSD was recognized in  the
Diagnostic  and  Statistical  Manual  of  Mental  Disorders  (DSM),  a  more
appropriate diagnosis of the applicant’s  condition  is  PTSD.  In  view  of
this, and in an effort to  remove  the  stigma  attached  to  her  narrative
reason for discharge,  we  believe  the  applicant’s  narrative  reason  for
separation should  be  changed  in  the  interest  of  equity  and  justice.
Therefore, we recommend her records be corrected  to  the  extent  indicated
below.


THE BOARD RECOMMENDS THAT:

The pertinent military records of the Department of the Air  Force  relating
to APPLICANT, be corrected  to  show  that  on  7 September  1984,  she  was
honorably  discharged  under  the  provisions  of  AFR  39-10   (Secretarial
Authority) and issued a Separation Program Designator (SPD) code of “KFF.”





The following members of the Board considered this application in  Executive
Session on 10 February 1999, under the provisions of AFI 36-2603:

                  Mr. Vaughn E. Schlunz, Panel Chair
                  Mr. Richard A. Peterson, Member
                  Mr. Walter J. Hosey, Member
                 Mr. Phillip E. Horton, Examiner (without vote)

All members voted to correct the records,  as  recommended.   The  following
documentary evidence was considered:

      Exhibit A.  DD Form 149, dated 30 Jan 98, w/atchs.
      Exhibit B.  Applicant's Master Personnel Records.
      Exhibit C.  Letter, BCMR Medical Consultant, dated 29 Apr 98.
      Exhibit D.  Letter, AFPC/DPPRS, dated 13 May 98.
      Exhibit E.  Letter, SAF/MIBR, dated 25 May 98.
      Exhibit F.  Letter, Applicant, dated 24 Jul 98, w/atchs.




             VAUGHN E. SCHLUNZ
                                  Panel Chair

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