DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY
BOARD
FOR CORRECTION OF NAVAL
RECORD S
2 NAVY ANNEX
WASHINGTON DC
20370-5100
,‘J,RG
Docket No: 3147-00
26 September 2001
Chairman, Board for Correction of Naval Records
Secretary of the Navy
REVIEW OF
(a) Title 10 U.S.C. 1552
(1) DD Form 149 w/attachments
(2) Case Summary
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From:
To:
Subj:
Ref:
Encl:
Pursuant to the provisions of reference (a), Petitioner, a
1.
former enlisted member of the United States Naval Reserve filed
enclosure (1) with this Board requesting that his record be
corrected to show an honorable discharge vice the good discharge
issued on 3 December 1943.
The Board, consisting of Mr. Harrison, Mr. Rothlein and Mr.
2.
Geisler, reviewed Petitioner's allegations of error and injustice
on 25 September 2001 and, pursuant to its regulations, determined
that the corrective action indicated below should be taken on the
available evidence of record.
Documentary material considered by
the Board consisted of the enclosures,
regulations and policies.
and applicable statutes,
The Board, having reviewed all the facts of record pertaining
3.
to Petitioner's allegations of error and injustice, finds as
follows:
a.
Before applying to this Board, Petitioner exhausted all
administrative remedies available under existing law and
regulations within the Department of the Navy.
b.
Although it appears that Petitioner's application was
not filed in a timely manner,
waive the statute of limitations and review the application on
its merits.
it is in the interest of justice to
C .
The Board was unable to obtain Petitioner's naval record
Those pages show that he enlisted in the Naval
and conducted its review based on service record pages he
submitted.
Reserve on 4 November 1943 and reported for active duty on 11
November 1943.
"Good" discharge on 3 December
1943 due to an approved report of a board of medical survey. At
that time he was issued an honorable service button.
He was issued a
d.
Petitioner states that he developed an ear infection
while in recruit training and was discharged.
e.
Regulations in effect at the time required the issuance
of a good discharge when an individual was discharged due to an
approved report of a board of medical survey.
was not considered derogatory in any manner.
currently is considered as equivalent to a general discharge,
which may have a derogatory connotation.
In 1976 the Secretary
of Defense directed a change in policy to authorize the issuance
of honorable discharges to individuals such as Petitioner who
were
current policy requires an uncharacterized entry level separation
for individuals who fail to complete training.
dischargeddue to failure to complete recruit training.
Such a discharge
However, it
The
CONCLUSION:
Upon review and consideration of all the evidence of record the
Board concludes that Petitioner's request warrants favorable
action.
The Board notes the changes in policy which occurred
after his discharge and believes that no useful purpose is now
Therefore, the Board concludes
served by the good discharge.
that the discharge should now be recharacterized to honorable.
RECOMMENDATION:
That Petitioner's naval record be corrected to show that
a.
on 3 December 1943 he was issued an honorable discharge by reason
of a Report of Medical Survey vice the good discharge now of
record.
That this Report of Proceedings be filed in Petitioner's
b.
naval record.
It is certified that a quorum was present at the Board's
4.
and that the foregoing is a true and
review and deliberations,
complete record of the Board's proceedings in the above entitled
matter.
ROBERT D. ZSALMAN
Recorder
ALAN E.
Acting Recorder
GOLDSMhH
5.
Pursuant to the delegation of
6(e) of the revised Procedures of
Naval Records (32 Code of Federal
and having assured compliance with its provisions, it is hereby
announced that the foregoing corrective action, taken under the
authority set out in Section
the Board for Correction of
Regulations, Section 723.6(e))
2
authority of reference (a),
behalf of the Secretary of the Navy.
has been approved by the Board on
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