INDEX CODE:  108.04, 108.10, 137.02

AFBCMR 02-01172

MEMORANDUM OF CONSIDERATION OF APPLICATION BEFORE THE AFBCMR

SUBJECT:  APPLICANT

	Having carefully reviewed this application, we agree with the recommendation of the Air Force office of primary responsibility and adopt the rationale expressed as the basis for our decision that the applicant has been the victim of either an error or an injustice.  Therefore, under the authority delegated in AFI 36‑2603, the applicant's records will be corrected as set forth in the accompanying Memorandum for the Chief of Staff signed by the Executive Director of the Board or his designee.

	Members of the Board considered this application on August 6, 2002.

							    

Attachments:
1.  Ltr, BCMR Medical Consultant, dated May 17, 2002,
w/Atch
2.  Ltr, AFPC/DPPD, dtd Jun 3, 2002
3.  Ltr, AFPC/DPPTR, dtd Jul 17, 2002

AFBCMR 02-01172

MEMORANDUM FOR THE CHIEF OF STAFF

	Under the authority of Section 1552, Title 10, United States Code and Air Force Instruction 36-2603, and having assured compliance with the provisions of the above regulation, the decision of the Air Force Board for Correction of Military Records is announced, and it is directed that:

	The pertinent military records of the Department of the Air Force relating to APPLICANT be corrected to show that:

		a.  On 17 March 2002, he was found unfit to perform the duties of his office, rank, grade or rating by reason of physical disability incurred while entitled to basic pay; that the diagnosis in his case was “Brain Disease due to a Trauma”, VASRD Code 8045, rated at 100 percent; that the degree of impairment might be permanent; that the disability was not due to intentional misconduct or willful neglect; that the disability was not incurred during a period of unauthorized absence; that the injury was incurred in the line of duty in time of war or national emergency or after 14 September 1978; and that the disability was not the direct result of armed conflict or caused by an instrumentality of war.

		b. On 17 March 2002, he elected child only coverage under the Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) based on full retired pay and that his spouse concurred with his decision.

		c.  On 17 March 2002, he was released from active duty and honorably discharged under the provisions of AFI 36-3212 and Title 10, United States Code, Section 1202, and his name was placed on the Temporary Disability Retired List (TDRL), effective 18 March 2002.