RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

IN THE MATTER OF:	DOCKET NUMBER: BC-2016-03681

	COUNSEL: NONE

	HEARING: NO

APPLICANT REQUESTS THAT:

1.  Her honorable discharge be changed to a medical retirement/discharge. 

2.  Her narrative reason for separation, Marginal Performance, be changed to Service Connected Disability. 

APPLICANT CONTENDS THAT:

She was hospitalized due to an inability to deal with stress related to her training.  Her record should be changed to reflect a service connected disability that was incurred while on active duty status and that she continues to suffer the effects.  The applicant’s complete submission is at Exhibit A.

STATEMENT OF FACTS:

The applicant is a former Air Force airman basic.

On 7 Sep 77, the applicant was notified of his commander’s intent to recommend that she be discharged from the Air Force under the provisions of AFR 39-10, chapter 3, paragraph 3-81.  The reason for this action was the applicant’s marginal performer as substantiated by her basic training records.  The applicant acknowledged receipt of the notification and was afforded the opportunity to submit statements in her own behalf.  

On 8 Sep 77, the discharge action was found legally sufficient, and the discharge authority approved the recommendation for an honorable discharge.  The applicant served one month and seven days of total active duty.

For more information, see the excerpt of the applicant’s record at Exhibit B and the advisories at Exhibits C and D.

AIR FORCE EVALUATION:

AFPC/DP2STM recommends denying the application.  The applicant has not filed a timely petition.  Based on the documentation on file in the master of personnel records the discharge was consistent with the procedural and substantive requirements of the discharge regulation and was within the discretion of the discharge authority.  No evidence of an error or injustice in the discharge processing was found.  The complete advisory is at Exhibit C.

The AFBCMR Psychiatric Advisor recommends denying the application indicating the applicant has not filed a timely petition.  Additionally, the decisions of the Military Department did not represent an error or injustice.  The applicant’s case file contains extensive records documenting the applicant’s inability to adapt to the routine military environment.  Her struggles started almost immediately and did not improve with mental health interventions or flight change.  In addition to her inability to perform basic duties, she also demonstrated significant interpersonal difficulties.  The applicant had multiple encounters with mental health providers and was formally diagnosed with a Personality Disorder.  Within the first two weeks of her training, the psychiatrist recommended separation from the Air Force.  However, due to the applicant’s assertion that she would like to continue her training, she was retained.  Unfortunately, despite all the efforts, the applicant failed to adopt to the military environment.  The complete advisory is at Exhibit D.

APPLICANT’S REVIEW OF AIR FORCE EVALUATION:

The Board sent copies of the Air Force evaluations to the applicant on 30 Apr 18 for comment (Exhibit E), 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 and injustice.  The Board concurs with the rationale and recommendation of AFPC/DP2STM and the AFBCMR Psychiatric Advisor and find 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-2016-03681 in Executive Session on 20 Jun 18:

All members voted not to correct the record.  The panel considered the following:

            Exhibit A:	Application, DD Form 149, dated 6 Sep 16.
Exhibit B:	Documentary evidence, including excerpts from official records.
Exhibit C:	Advisory opinion, AFPC/DP2STM, dated 12 Oct 17.
Exhibit D:	Advisory opinion, AFBCMR Psychiatric Advisor, dated 25 Apr 18.
Exhibit E:	Notification of Advisory, SAF/MRBC to applicant, dated 30 Apr 18.

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