AFBCMR BC-2002-03364
INDEX NUMBER:  108.00

MEMORANDUM OF CONSIDERATION OF APPLICATION BEFORE THE AFBCMR

SUBJECT:  XXXXXXXXXXXX, XXX-XX-XXXX

	Having carefully reviewed this application, we agree with the recommendation of the Air Force offices 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 9 July 2003.

			

Attachments:
Memorandum, BCMR Medical Consultant, 9 Apr 03
Memorandum, AFPC/JA, 29 May 03
Memorandum, AFPC/DPPRS, 12 May 03
Memorandum, AFPC/DPPD, 16 Jun 03

AFBCMR BC-2002-03364

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 XXXXXXXXXXXX, XXX-XX-XXXX, be corrected to show that:

	    a.  On 21 Sep 02, she was found unfit to perform the duties of her office, grade, rank or rating by reason of a physical disability incurred while entitled to basic pay; that the diagnosis was for her bilateral knee pain, VASRD Codes 5003-5299, rated at 10 percent; that the degree of impairment was a permanent condition; that the disability was not due to intentional misconduct or willful neglect; that the disability was not incurred during a period of unauthorized absence; the disability was received in line of duty; and that the disability was not the direct result of armed conflict or caused by an instrumentality of war.

	    b.  On 22 Sep 02, she was not released from active duty under the provisions of AFI 36-3208, but on that date, she was discharged from active duty for a physical disability under the provisions of AFI 36-3212 and Title 10, United States Code, Section 1203, with entitlement to severance pay.