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AF | BCMR | CY2004 | BC-2001-01465-2
Original file (BC-2001-01465-2.doc) Auto-classification: Denied

                                 ADDENDUM TO
                            RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS
             AIR FORCE BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS


IN THE MATTER OF:      DOCKET NUMBER:  BC-2001-01465
            INDEX CODE:  100.00

      XXXXXXX    COUNSEL:  NONE

      XXXXXXX    HEARING DESIRED:  NO

_________________________________________________________________

APPLICANT REQUESTS THAT:

In  the  applicant’s  request   for   reconsideration,   he   requests   his
participation in the disarming of a gunman at  the  “Natchitoches  Christmas
Light Festival” be acknowledged and that his records be  corrected  to  show
his post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) was incurred  during  his  service
in the Air Force.

_________________________________________________________________

STATEMENT OF FACTS:

The applicant was honorably discharged on 6 Jun 80 under the  provisions  of
AFM 39-12 by reason of Unsuitable-Personality Disorder-Board  Waiver.     An
RE Code of 2C was assigned.  He completed 2 years, 11 months,  and  29  days
on active duty and was serving in the grade of E-4.

A similar appeal was considered by the Board on 31 Jan  01.   The  applicant
requested  to  have  his  narrative  reason  for   discharge,   “unsuitable-
personality disorder-board waiver,” be removed from his  DD  Form  214,  and
his participation  in  the  disarming  of  a  gunman  at  the  “Natchitoches
Christmas Light Festival” be acknowledged.  After considering  the  evidence
provided, the Board corrected the applicant’s records to reflect his  reason
for separation as “Directed by the Secretary of the  Air  Force,”  with  the
corresponding separation code “JFF.”  The Board found insufficient  evidence
of an error or injustice in regard to the applicant’s request  to  have  his
involvement in the disarming of  a  gunman  at  the  Natchitoches  Christmas
Light Festival acknowledged.  The rationale of the earlier decision  by  the
Board is contained in the Record of Proceedings at Exhibit F.

In his most recent submission, he again requests that his  participation  in
the disarming of a gunman at the “Natchitoches Christmas Light Festival”  be
acknowledged and his records be corrected to show  that  his  post-traumatic
stress disorder (PTSD) was incurred during his service  in  the  Air  Force.
In support of his appeal, he provided a personal statement, statements  from
a city police  official,  an  undated  unsigned  affidavit  from  a  retired
military  officer  regarding  his  review  of  the  shooting  incident,  and
newspaper clippings of the incident.  The  applicant’s  complete  submission
is at Exhibit G.

_________________________________________________________________

THE BOARD CONCLUDES THAT:

After again reviewing this application and the evidence provided in  support
of the appeal, we remain unpersuaded that  the  applicant  has  demonstrated
the existence of an error  or  injustice.   We  considered  the  applicant’s
request for an official acknowledgement of  the  incident  in  his  military
records and to have his records reflect that his PTSD  was  incurred  during
his service in  the  Air  Force.   However,  after  reviewing  the  evidence
submitted in support of his appeal, we find  the  applicant  has  failed  to
substantiate his claims regarding the degree of his involvement in the  1979
incident  and  that  the  incident  in  question  resulted  in  his  current
diagnosis of PTSD.     Based  on  the  foregoing,  and  in  the  absence  of
persuasive evidence  to  the  contrary,  we  find  no  compelling  basis  to
overturn the Board’s earlier determination.

_________________________________________________________________

THE BOARD DETERMINES THAT:

The applicant be notified that the evidence presented  did  not  demonstrate
the existence of material error  or  injustice;  that  the  application  was
denied without a personal appearance; and that the application will only  be
reconsidered upon the submission of newly discovered relevant  evidence  not
considered with this application.

_________________________________________________________________

The following members of the Board considered AFBCMR Docket Number  BC-2001-
01465 in Executive Session on 15 April 2004, under the provisions of AFI 36-
2603:

      Mr. Roscoe Hinton Jr., Panel Chair
      Mr. Christopher Carey, Member
      Mr. James W. Russell III, Member

The following documentary evidence was considered:

      Exhibit E.  Record of Proceedings, dated 14 February 2003,
                with Exhibits.
      Exhibit F.  Reconsideration Package, undated, with
                attachments.




                                   ROSCOE HINTON JR.
                                   Panel Chair


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