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ARMY | BCMR | CY1990-1993 | 9313585
Original file (9313585.rtf) Auto-classification: Approved
2. The applicant requests that his DD Form 214, Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty, be corrected to show that he had not received complete dental care prior to his discharge.
3. He states that his dental treatment had not been completed prior to his discharge.

4. The applicant's military records could not be located for review by the Board. Reconstructed records show that he enlisted in the Regular Army on 25 September 1986, served continuously through reenlistments, was awarded the military occupational specialty of power generator equipment repairer, and was promoted to pay grade E-4.

5. The applicants military dental records show that he had a dental examination on 11 February 1991. The entry made on his dental records for that examination shows that he required a repair to a partial denture. The two entries made after that date do not indicate that the denture repair was ever accomplished.

6. On 7 March 1991 he was honorably discharged as an alcohol abuse rehabilitation failure. The DD Form 214 he was issued at that time, item 17, "Member was provided complete dental examination and all appropriate dental services and treatment within 90 days prior to separation" was marked "Yes."

7. Army Regulation 635-5, as changed, the governing Army regulation for the preparation of the DD Form 214, states that block 17 of the DD Form 214 is applicable to soldiers who had completed at least 180 days of continuous active service at the time of separation. If the soldier had been provided a complete dental examination, and all appropriate dental services and treatment had been completed within 90 days prior to separation, the DD Form 214, item 17, "Member was provided complete dental examination and all appropriate dental services and treatment within 90 days prior to separation" will be marked "Yes." For soldiers being separated prior to completing 180 days continuous active duty "NA" is to be shown in both "Yes" and "No" boxes.

8. The VA, operating under its own laws and regulations, may provide one-time outpatient treatment, consisting of a full spectrum of diagnostic, surgical, restorative and preventive techniques for service connected dental conditions or disabilities that are not compensable in degree, if a condition can be shown to have existed at separation from active duty. Other factors are also considered by the VA in determining a veteran's entitlement to this service, such as his characterization of service. The veteran must apply to the VA for care within 90 days of his separation or, in instances where the Board corrects a veteran's records, within 90 days following that correction.

9. In the processing of this case an advisory opinion was obtained from the Office of The Surgeon General (OTSG). The OTSG stated that although the applicant was provided dental treatment prior to his discharge, further treatment was required which was not accomplished. The OTSG recommends approval of the applicant’s request.

CONCLUSIONS:

1. The applicant's records show that he required a repair to his partial denture to complete his dental treatment, a service which there is no record of being performed.

2. Therefore, it would appear that the applicant's dental treatment was not complete and final at the time of his discharge from the Army.

3. In view of the foregoing, the applicant's records should be corrected as recommended below.

RECOMMENDATION:

That all of the Department of the Army records related to this case be corrected by showing that the DD Form 214 of the individual concerned covering the period ending 7 March 1991 have item 17, "Member was provided complete dental examination and all appropriate dental services and treatment within 90 days prior to separation", corrected from "Yes" to "No."

BOARD VOTE:

GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

GRANT FORMAL HEARING

DENY APPLICATION




                 
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