AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW  BOARD HEARING RECORD
NAME OF SERVICE MEMBER (LAST, FIRST MlOOLE TNITIAL)	GRADE
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TYPE GEN	I	PERSONAL  APPEARANCE	x	I	RECORD REV.LEW
COUNSEL	NAME OF COUNSEL AND OR ORGANIZATION	ADDRESS AND OR ORGANIZATION OF COUNSEL
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ISSU&S	A93.23	INDEX   NU MBER	A67.JO	EXHIBITSSUBMIITEDTO TH.E BOARD
l ORDER APPOINTING THE BOARD
2  APPLICATION FOR REVIEW OF DISCHARGE
3  LETTER OF NOTIFICATION
4 BRfEF OF PERSONNEL FILE COUNSEL'S RELEASETO THE BOARD
ADDITIONAL EXHIBfTS SUBMITTED AT TIME OF PERSONAL APPEARANC E
TAPE RECORDING OF PERSONAL APPEARANCE  HEARING

HEARING OAT£	CASE NUM BER

24 Jun 2015	F'D-2014-00742
APPLICANT'S ISSUE AND T1:I! BOAAl>"S D!CISlONAL RAllOl'IALEl\llf OISCUSSEI> ON n1B ATTACffflO AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOAAI> DECISIONAL RATIONALE.

Case heard  i n  Wash ington, 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 appl ication to the AFBCMR.

(b)(6)

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AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD DECISIONAL  RATIONALE	CASE NUMBER

FD-2014-00742	

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.

The Board finds the applicant submitted no  issues contesting the equity or propriety  of the discharge, and after a thorough review of the record, the Board was unable to identify any that would justify a change of discharge.

ISSUE: The applicant received a General discharge for Misconduct - Minor Disciplinary Infractions

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. 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. In order to adhere to Mental Health Amendments to I 0 USC 1553, a physician with specialized training on mental health disorders was present for this board. The applicant's record of service included two Article 15s, one Letter of Reprimand, and one Record of Individual Counseling. Her misconduct included failure to go as directed and failure to adhere to direct order of NCO, without authority was absent from place of duty, willfully disobeying order of NCO, making official statement with intent to deceive (2x), and drunk and disorderly conduct.

The applicant cited her desire to receive the G.I. Bill benefits as justification  for upgrade.  The DRB noted that when the applicant applied for these benefits, she signed a statement (DD Form 2366, on February 26, 2002) that she understood she must receive an Honorable discharge to receive future educational entitlements.  The Board was sympathetic to the impact from the loss of these benefits to the applicant; however, this is not a matter of inequity or impropriety which would warrant an upgrade.
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.

In view 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