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AF | BCMR | CY2005 | BC-2004-01932
Original file (BC-2004-01932.doc) Auto-classification: Denied

                       RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS
         AIR FORCE BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS


IN THE MATTER OF:      DOCKET NUMBER:  BC-2004-01932
            INDEX CODE:

            COUNSEL:  NONE

            HEARING DESIRED:  NO


MANDATORY CASE COMPLETION DATE:  20 DECEMBER 2005


_________________________________________________________________

APPLICANT REQUESTS THAT:

His records be corrected to show his  shoulder  and  arm  wounds  were
caused by an aircraft accident when a courier C-47 crashed near  where
he was working on the ground, rather than by a human bite.

_________________________________________________________________

APPLICANT CONTENDS THAT:

He sustained a wound to his left arm as a result of an aircraft crash.
 He was on the ground and when the C-47 crashed, a piece of  metal  or
something caused a gash in his arm.

During his attempts to seek medical care he  was  asked  a  number  of
questions by a very obnoxious doctor who asked him if he had been in a
fight.  He gave a smart reply, in order to get some  sort  of  medical
treatment, telling the doctor that he had been bit by the guy  he  was
fighting.  He had no idea that would have been  entered  into  in  his
medical records.

In support of the appeal, applicant submits two personal statements, a
copy of a Statement  in  Support  of  Claim  from  the  Department  of
Veterans Affairs and several medical documents.

Applicant's complete submission, with attachments, is at Exhibit A.

_________________________________________________________________

STATEMENT OF FACTS:

Complete copies of the  applicant’s  military  personnel  and  medical
records were unavailable for review.  The  following  information  was
extracted from the limited available records.


Applicant was inducted and entered into active service on 2 June 1942.
 He was assigned to duties in the Signal Corps and the Army Air Corps,
and, was progressively promoted to the  grade  of  corporal.   He  was
assigned to the European Theater of Operations on 19  March  1945  and
was assigned to duties as a radar repairman and  participated  in  the
Rhineland campaign.

In a service medical record provided  by  the  applicant,  a  military
physician indicated, during the period 26 September 1945 to  8 October
1945, the applicant was treated for an infected human  bite  wound  to
the left arm, incurred during a fight on 17 September 1945  in  Namur,
Belgium.

The applicant  was  returned  to  the  Continental  United  States  on
19 February  1946.    He   was   honorably   discharged   because   of
demobilization on 27 February 1946, having served 3  years,  8  months
and 26 days on active duty, of which 11 months and 10 days was foreign
service.  He was entitled to the  Good  Conduct  Medal,  the  American
Theater Service Medal and the European-African-Middle Eastern Medal.

_________________________________________________________________

AIR FORCE EVALUATION:

NONE PROVIDED.

_________________________________________________________________

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.  Insufficient relevant evidence has been presented  to  demonstrate
the existence of error  or  injustice.   The  applicant  requests  his
medical records be changed concerning the cause of injury he sustained
on  or  before  26  September  1945.   However,  other  than  his  own
unsupported assertions, the  applicant  has  provided  no  documentary
support for his request.  Therefore, based  upon  the  presumption  of
regularity in the conduct of governmental affairs and without evidence
to substantiate his allegations of error  or  injustice,  we  find  no
basis upon which to favorably consider this application.

_________________________________________________________________

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  this  application  in
Executive Session on 17 May 2005, under the provisions of AFI 36-2603:

                 Ms. B. J. White-Olson, Panel Chair
                 Ms. Patricia R. Collins, Member
                 Ms. Janet I. Hassan, Member

The following documentary evidence was considered:

      Exhibit A. DD Form 149, dated 3 May 00, w/atchs.
      Exhibit B. Applicant's Master Personnel Records.




                             B. J. WHITE-OLSON
                             Panel Chair

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