AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD HEARING RECORD	
NAME OF SERVICE MEMBER (LAST, FlRSf MIDDLE INITIAL)
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ISSUES	A45.00	I NOtX NU tBER	A69.00	EXHIBITS SUBMl'ITl:D TO THE BOARD	
		1	ORDER APPOCNTCNG THE BOARD	
		2	APPLICATION FOR REV IEW OF DISCHARGE	
		3	LETIER OF NOTlfJCATION	
		4	BRIEF OF PERSONNEL FlLE	
			COUNSEL'S RELEASE TO THE BOARD	
			ADDITIONAL EXHIBITS SUBMITTED AT TIME Of PERSONAL APPEARANC E	
			TAPE RECORDING Of PERSONAL APPEARANC E HEARING	
HEARING DATE

21 May 2015	CASE NUMBER

FD-2014-00411			
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Case heard in Washington, D.C.

Advise applicant of the decision of the Board, the right to a personal appearance with/without counsel, and the right to submit an application to the AFBCMR.	
(b) (6)	-	
INDORSEMENT	DATE:  6117/201.S	
TO:
SAF/MRBR
550 CSTREET WEST, SUITE 40 RANDOLPH AFB, TX 78150-4742	FROM:
SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCEPERSONNEL COUNCIL AIR FORCE DlCHARGt IU:VI EW BOARD
153S COMMAND DR. EE WING, JRO fl.OOR ANDREWS AFB, Ml> 20762-7001	
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AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD DECISIONAL RATIONALE	CASE NUMBER

FD-2014-00411	

GENERAL: The applicant appeals for upgrade of discharge to Honorable.

The applicant was offered a personal appearance before the Discharge Review Board (DRB) but declined and requests that the review be completed based on the available service record.

The attached brief contains available pertinent data on the applicant and the factors leading to the discharge.

FINDING: The Board denies the upgrade of the discharge.

ISSUE: The applicant received a General discharge -Alcohol Treatment Program Failure

The Air Force Discharge Review Board, under its responsibility to examine the propriety and equity of an applicant's discharge, is authorized to change the characterization of service and the reason for discharge if such change is warranted. In reviewing discharges, the Board presumes regularity in the conduct of governmental affairs unless there is substantial credible evidence to rebut the presumption, to  include evidence submitted by the applicant. In order to adhere to Mental Health Amendments to  10 USC 1553, a physician with specialized training on mental health disorders was present for this board. The Board completed a thorough review of the  circumstances that led to the discharge  and the discharge  process to ensure the discharge met the pertinent standards of equity and propriety. The applicant's record of service included one Article 15 and one Letter of Reprimand. The misconduct included being incapacitated  for proper performance of duty due to previous overindulgence and being arrested for DWI by local law enforcement.

The applicant submitted no issues regarding the inequity or impropriety of his discharge.  The applicant does state that while stationed in Alaska, it caused major depression in his life which led to his drinking.
Applicant was first seen in ADAPT June 5, 2002 and there is evidence in records that his dependence on alcohol began at the age of 17, four years prior to joining the military and being stationed in Alaska.  In most cases, applicants will not be discharged for treatment in the ADAPT program but can be administratively discharged when a person fails or refuses treatment.   Applicant's discharge was appropriately characterized as General due to the misconduct which was alcohol related.   The Board found the seriousness of the willful misconduct offset any positive aspects of the applicant's duty performance.  The Board reviewed the entire record and found no evidence of impropriety or inequity to warrant an upgrade of the discharge.  A
discharge is upgraded only if the applicant and the Board can establish that an inequity or impropriety took place at the time of discharge.  After a thorough review of the record, the Board found no evidence to justify an upgrade of the discharge characterization.

CONCLUSION: The Discharge Review Board concludes that the discharge was consistent with the procedural and substantive requirements of the discharge regulation, was within the discretion of the discharge authority, and that the applicant was provided full administrative due process.

Inview of the foregoing findings, the Board further concludes that there exists no legal or equitable basis for upgrade of discharge and determines the discharge should remain unchanged.
Attachment: Examiner's Brief