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AF | DRB | CY2015 | FD-2015-00003
Original file (FD-2015-00003.rtf) Auto-classification: Denied

AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD HEARlNG RECORD
 NAME OF SERVICE MEMBER (LAST, FIRST MIDDLE IN ITIAL)     GRADE
 (b) (6)
 TYPE GEN        I        PERSONAL APPEARA NCE     x        I        RECORD REVIEW
 COUNSEL  NAME OF COUNSEL AND OR ORGA. IZATION     ADORESS AND OR ORGANIZATION Of COUNSEl
 YES      No
 x
VOTEOFTHE BOARD
M EMBER SITTING         HON      GEN      UOTHC    OTHER    OENY
(b) (6)  x

x x
x x
ISSUES   A94.53   INDE.'{ NUMBER    A84.00   EXHIBITS SUBMITTED TO THE BOARD
1 ORDER APPOfNTING TlE BOARD
2 APPLICATION FOR REVIEW OF DlSCHARGE
3 LETIER OF NOTlf lCATlON
4 BIUEI' OF PERSONNEL FILE
COUNSEL'S RELEASE TO THE BOARD
ADDIT!ONAL EXHIBITS SUBMITTED AT TIME OF PERSONAL APPEARANCE
TAPE RECORDING OF PERSONAL APPEARANCE HEARING

HEARING DATE     CASE NUMBER

16 Jun 2015      FD-2015-00003
APPLICANT'S ISSUE AND THE BOARD'S DECISIONAL RATIONAJ..E AR6 DISCUSSED O'.'I TIE A1TACllEDAJR FORC£ DISCHARO£ l\EVUlWllOARD 1>SCISIONAL RATIONAL£.

Case heard in Washington, D.C.

Advise appl icant of the decision of the Board, the right to a personal appearance wi th/without counsel, and the right to submit an appl ication to the AFBCMR.










(b) (6)



lNDORSEMENT
DATE: 7/8/2015
TO:
SAF/MRBR
550 C STREET WEST, SUITE 40
RANDOLPH AFB, TX 781 504742		 FROM:
SECRETARY OFTHE AIR FORCE PERSONNEL COUNCIL AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD
ISJS COMMAND DR. EE WING. JRD FLOOR ANDREWSAFB,MD 0762-7001
AFHQ FORM 0-2077, JAN 00     (EF-V2)  Previous



AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD DECISIONAL RATIONALE		 CASE NUMBER


FD-2015-00003

GENERAL: The applicant appeals for upgrade of discharge to Honorable.

The applicant was offered a personal appearance before the Discharge Review Board (DRB) but declined and requests that the review be completed based on the available service record.

The attached brief contains available pertinent data on the applicant and the factors leading to the discharge .

FINDING : The Board denies the upgrade of the discharge.

ISSUE: The applicant received a General discharge for Unsatisfactory Participation

The Air Force Discharge Review Board, under its responsibility to examine the propriety and equity of an applicant's discharge, is authorized to change the characterization of service and the reason for discharge if such change is warranted. In reviewing discharges, the Board presumes regularity in the conduct of governmental affairs unless there is substantial credible evidence to rebut the presumption, to include evidence submitted by the applicant. The Board completed a thorough review of the circumstances that led to the discharge and the discharge process to ensure the discharge met the pertinent standards of equity and propriety.

The applicant submitted no issues regarding the inequity or impropriety of his discharge. The applicant does admit that he knows he made a mistake. He provided documentation on his daughter's health condition to support his just ification for the unsatisfactory participation and the circumstances that led to him not meeting his participation requirements . The Board reviewed the entire record and found no evidence of impropriety or inequity to warrant an upgrade of the discharge . A discharge is upgraded only if the applicant and the Board can establish that an inequity or impropriety took place at the time of discharge. After a thorough review of the record, the Board found no evidence to justify an upgrade of the discharge characterization.

CONCLUSION: The Discharge Review Board concludes that the discharge was consistent with the procedural and substantive requirements of the discharge regulation, was within the discretion of the discharge authority, and that the applicant was provided full administrative due process.

Inview of the foregoing findings, the Board further concludes that there exists no legal or equitable basis for upgrade of discharge and determines the discharge should remain unchanged.

Attachment: Examiner's Brief

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