AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD HEARING RECORD
NAME OF SERVICE MEMBER (LAST, FIRST MIDDLE INITIAL)	GRA DE
(b) (6)
TYPE GEN	I	PERSONAL  APPEARANCE	x	I	RECORD  REVIEW
. COUNSEL	NAME OFCOUNSEL AND OR ORGANIZ TION	ADDRESS AND OR ORGANIZATION OFCOUXSEL
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VOTE OF THE BOARD
MEMBER  SITTING	HON	GEN	UOTHC	OTHER	DENY
(b) (6)	x
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ISSIJES	A94.53	INDEX NU.\18€R	A66.00	EXHIBITS SUBMITTED TO THE BOARD
1 ORDER APPOINTING THE BOARD
2 APPLICATION FOR REVIEW OF DISCHARGE
3	LETTER OF NOTIFICATION
4	BRIEF OF PERSONNEL FILE
COUNSEL'S RELEASE TO THE BOARD
ADDITIONAL EXHIBITS SUBMITTED AT TIMEOF PERSONAL APPEARANCE
TAPE RECORDING OF PERSONAL APPEARANCE  HEARING

HEARISG DATE	CASE NUMBER

13 Jul 2015	FD-2015-00235
APPLJCANT'S ISSIJE AND nm BOARD"S DECISIONAL RAnONALEAR.BDJSCUSSED ON 1llEATTAOIEDAIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD DECISIONAL RATIONALE.

Case heard in 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 subm it an
application  to the AFBCMR.

(b) (6)

INDORSEMENT	DATE: 812112015
TO:	FR0\1:
SAF/MRBR	SECRETARV OFTHE AIR FORCE PERSONNE.L COUNCIL
AIR FORCE DISOIARGE REVIEW BOARD
550 C STREET WEST, SUITE 40	1!115 COMMANl> OR,EE WlNC. JRI) FLOOR
RANDOLPH AFB, TX 781504742	ANDREWS AFB, MD  076i.7001

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AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD DECISIONAL RATIONALE	CASE NUM BER

FD-2015-00235	

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 for Misconduct -Drug Abuse

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 one Article 15 for wrongful  use of marijuana and two Letters of Counseling for failing to report to work on time, showing up two hours late; and unable to be located during unit recall after several attempts were made.

The applicant submitted no issues regarding the inequity or impropriety of his discharge. The applicant did cite his desire to receive the G.I. Bill benefits as justification for upgrade. The DRB noted that when the applicant applied for these benefits, he signed a statement (DD Form 2366, on November 12, 2010) that he understood he 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.

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