IN THE CASE OF:
BOARD DATE: 6 March 2012
DOCKET NUMBER: AR20110017502
THE BOARD CONSIDERED THE FOLLOWING EVIDENCE:
1. Application for correction of military records (with supporting documents provided, if any).
2. Military Personnel Records and advisory opinions (if any).
THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST, STATEMENT, AND EVIDENCE:
1. The applicant requests correction of his DD Form 214 (Armed Forces of the United States Report of Transfer or Discharge) to show the last six digits of his social security number (SSN) as 86-1535 instead of 15-4821.
2. He states he is currently receiving benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) with the SSN with the last six digits of 86-1535.
3. He provides a copy of:
* his DD Form 214
* a Paralyzed Veterans of America letter
* a copy of his SSN card, Tennessee driver license card, and VA identification card
CONSIDERATION OF EVIDENCE:
1. Title 10, U.S. Code, section 1552(b), provides that applications for correction of military records must be filed within 3 years after discovery of the alleged error or injustice. This provision of law also allows the Army Board for Correction of Military Records (ABCMR) to excuse an applicants failure to timely file within the 3-year statute of limitations if the ABCMR determines it would be in the interest of justice to do so. While it appears the applicant did not file within the time frame provided in the statute of limitations, the ABCMR has elected to conduct a substantive review of this case and, only to the extent relief, if any, is granted, has determined it is in the interest of justice to excuse the applicants failure to timely file. In all other respects, there are insufficient bases to waive the statute of limitations for timely filing.
2. His military records show he enlisted in the Regular Army on 8 September 1967.
3. His two DD Forms 4 (Enlistment Contract), DA Form 20 (Enlisted Qualification Record), two DD Forms 214, and all other documents throughout his military records show the last six digits of his SSN as 15-4821.
4. His DD Form 398 (Statement of Personal History) completed in his own hand shows the last six digits of his SSN as 15-4821.
5. The copy of the social security card he provides shows the last six digits of his SSN as 86-1535.
DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS:
1. The applicant provides a copy of a social security card showing the last six digits of his SSN as 86-1535. However, the last six digits of the SSN used throughout his military service were 15-4821. He enlisted, served, and was released from active duty under the SSN currently shown on his DD Forms 214.
2. For historical purposes, the Army has an interest in maintaining the accuracy of its records. The data and information contained in those records should reflect the conditions and circumstances that existed at the time the records were created. There is a reluctance to recommend that those records be changed. While it is understandable the applicant desires to have his military records changed to show the SSN on the social security card he provided, there is not a sufficiently compelling reason for compromising the integrity of the Armys records at this late date.
3. The applicant is advised that a copy of this decisional document will be filed in his Official Military Personnel File. This should serve to clarify any questions or confusion in regard to the difference in the SSN recorded in his military record and the SSN he now uses.
BOARD VOTE:
________ ________ ________ GRANT FULL RELIEF
________ ________ ________ GRANT PARTIAL RELIEF
________ ________ ________ GRANT FORMAL HEARING
____X___ ____X __ ____X___ DENY APPLICATION
BOARD DETERMINATION/RECOMMENDATION:
The evidence presented does not demonstrate the existence of a probable error or injustice. Therefore, the Board determined that the overall merits of this case are insufficient as a basis for correction of the records of the individual concerned.
_______ _ X_______ ___
CHAIRPERSON
I certify that herein is recorded the true and complete record of the proceedings of the Army Board for Correction of Military Records in this case.
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