RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

IN THE MATTER OF:				DOCKET NUMBER: BC-2016-02723

XXXXXXXXXXXX					COUNSEL: NONE

							HEARING: NO

APPLICANT REQUESTS THAT:

His reenlistment (RE) code of “2P” be corrected.

APPLICANT CONTENDS THAT:

His issued RE code does not currently reflect his military service accurately.  He believes the current RE code represent Absent Without Leave.  The applicant’s complete submission is at Exhibit A.

STATEMENT OF FACTS:

The applicant is a former Air Force airman basic (E-1).  

The applicant initially entered active duty in the Regular Air Force on 30 Oct 79.

On 7 Dec 79, a Physician’s Narrative Summary indicated the applicant had a recurrent pilonidal cyst, which was incapacitating for basic training.  His medical condition existed prior to entry into the service and had not been aggravated beyond the normal progression of the disease.  The physician recommended the applicant be discharged from the service.  

On 13 Dec 79, a Medical Evaluation Board (MEB) convened to consider the applicant for existing prior to service (EPTS) defects.  The applicant was diagnosed with recurrent pilonidal cyst, with an undetermined date of origin, but prior to service.  His physical defect precluded full utilization in the military.  The MEB recommended the applicant be discharged from the service by reason of physical disability which existed prior to service and has not been permanently aggravated.  

On 17 Dec 79, the applicant accepted the MEB finding.

On 17 Dec 79, the Air Training Command (ATC), Military Training Center commander, directed the applicant to be discharged under the provisions of Air Force Regulation (AFR) 39-10, Administrative Separation of Airmen. 

On 18 Dec 79, the applicant was furnished an honorable discharged, a narrative reason for separation of “Failed to Meet Physical Standards for Enlistment”, a separation program designator code of “KFU” and a reenlistment (RE) code “2P.”
For more information, see the excerpt of the applicant’s record at Exhibit B and the advisory at Exhibit C.

AIR FORCE EVALUATION:

AFPC/DP3ST recommends denying the application.  The applicant’s RE code “2P” is correct.  He was involuntary separated for failing to meet physical standards for an EPTS condition.  While he believes the RE code “2P” is incorrect because it currently stands for AWOL, deserter dropped from rolls, it did not have that meaning at the time of the applicant’s discharge, it was based on being separated from basic military training due to failing to meet physical standards for enlistment.  .  
 
The complete advisory is at Exhibit C.

APPLICANT’S REVIEW OF AIR FORCE EVALUATION:

The Board sent a copy of the Air Force evaluation to the applicant on 10 Feb 17 for comment (Exhibit D), but has received no response.

THE BOARD CONCLUDES THAT:

1.  The application was not timely filed.

2.  The applicant exhausted all available avenues of non-judicial relief before applying to the Board.

3.   After thoroughly reviewing all Exhibits, it is the Board’s opinion that the applicant is not the victim of an error or injustice.  The Board concurs with the rationale and recommendations of AFPC/DP3ST and finds that a preponderance of the evidence does not substantiate the applicant’s contentions.  The Board also notes the applicant did not file the application within three years after the alleged error or injustice was discovered, or should have been discovered, as required by Title 10, United States Code, Section 1552, and Air Force Instruction 36-2603, Air Force Board for Correction of Military Records (AFBCMR).  While the applicant asserts a date of discovery less than three years before the Board’s receipt of the application, the Board does not find the assertion reasonable.  The Board finds the application untimely and concludes it would not be in the interest of justice to excuse the delay.  Therefore, the Board recommends against correcting the applicant’s records.

THE BOARD RECOMMENDS THAT:

The applicant be informed the application was not timely filed; it would not be in the interest of justice to excuse the delay; and the application will only be reconsidered upon receipt of relevant evidence not already considered by the Board.  

CERTIFICATION:

The following quorum of the Board, as defined in Air Force Instruction (AFI) 36-2603, Air Force Board for Correction of Military Records (AFBCMR), paragraph 1.5, considered Docket Number BC-2016-02723 in Executive Session on 31 Aug 18:

, Panel Chair
, Panel Member
, Panel Member

All members voted to correct the record.  The panel considered the following:

Exhibit A:	Application, DD Form 149, w/atchs, dated 7 Jul 16.
Exhibit B:	Military Human Resources Record Excerpts 
Exhibit C:	Advisory opinion, AFPC/DP3ST, w/atch, dated 26 Oct 16.
Exhibit D:	Letter, AFBCMR to applicant, dated 10 Feb 17.

Taken together with all Exhibits, this document constitutes the true and complete Record of Proceedings required by AFI 36-2603, paragraph 4.11.9.