AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD HEARING RECORD
NAME OF SERVICE MEMBER (LAST,FIRST MIDDLE INITIAL)	GRADE

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VOTE OFTHE BOARD
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ISSUES	A94.54	INDEX NUMBER	A67.10	EXHJBITS SUBMCITED TO THE BOARD
1	ORDER APPOINTING THE BOARD
2	APPLICAT!ON FOR REVIEW OF DISCHARGE
3	LETTER OF NOTIFICATION
4	BRIEF OF PERSONNEL FILE
COUNSEL'S RELEASE TO THE BOARD
ADDITIONAL EXHIBITS SUBMITTED AT TIME OF PERSONAL  APPEARANCE
TAPE RECORDING OF PERSONAL APPEARANCE HEARING

HEARING DATE	CASE NUMBER

28 Jul 2016	FD-2015-00136
APPUCANT'S ISSUE AND 11'1£1lOAAD'S!l£CWQNAL M'nOMAUl/11UlDISCUSS$> ON TUI!i\1TAQlEJ) AIR FORCI;:DISOl.UG8 Jt.IMEWBOAJW DIOC!SIONAL RATIONAL£	I
Case heard in Washington, D.C.

Advise applicant of the decision of the Board and the right to submit an application to the AFBCMR .

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tNDORSEMENT	DATE:  &'12mi6

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SAF/MRBR

SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE PERSONNEL COUNCIL AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVlEW BOARD
SSO CSTREET WEST,SUITE 40	IS)S COMMAND DR. IEWING, )RO FLOOR
RANDOLPH AFB,	78150-4742	ANDREWS AFB,MD 10761 7001

AFHQ FORM 0-2077, JAN 00	(EF-V2)	Previous

AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD DECISIONAL  RATIONALE	CASE NUMBER

FD-2015-00136	

GENERAL: The applicant appeals for upgrade of discharge characterization to Honorable, to change the reason and authority for the discharge, and to change the reenl istment code.

The applicant appeared and testified before the Discharge Review Board (ORB), without counsel, at Joint Base Andrews, MD, on July 28, 2016.

No additional exhibits were submitted at the hearing .

Pursuant to 10 U SC 1553 this board included a member who is a clinical psychologist or psychiatrist, or a physician with training on mental health issues connected with post traumatic stress disorder or traumatic brain injury and/or special training on mental health disorders.

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

FINDING: The Board finds insufficient evidence of an inequity or impropriety that would warrant a change to the applicant's discharge.

DISCUSSION: The applicant was discharged for Misconduct - Minor Disciplinary Infractions with service characterized as Under Honorable Conditions (General). 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. The applicant's record of service included two Article 1Ss, one Vacation of Suspended Nonjudicial Punislunent, and one Letter of Reprimand . His misconduct included failing to go at the time prescribed to his appointed place of duty, failing to report for duty and being drunk in his dorm room, being disrespectful in language towards a noncommission officer, leaving physical training without being dismissed, and leaving the appointed place of duty without authority.

The applicant submitted no issues regarding the equity or propriety of his discharge.  The applicant claims that if he was made aware while in the Air Force of the diagnosed genetic disorder referred to as Kleinfelter Syndrome, he believes that he would have been more motivated and determined to finish out his enlistment. A discharge is upgraded only if it is established that an inequity or impropriety took place at the time of discharge. After a thorough review of the record and advice from the mental health specialist, the Board found no indication that any mental health issues had an impact on the applicant's misconduct or on his discharge. Also, the Board opined that, through the administrative actions taken, the applicant had ample opportunities to change his behavior. They found the seriousness of the willful misconduct offset the 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 characterization, change to the reason and authority for the discharge, or the reenlistment  code.

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