AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD HEARING RECORD
NAME OF SERVICE MEMBER (LAST, FIRST MIDDLE INJTIAL)	GRADE
(b)(6)
TYPE  GEN	I	PERSONAL     APPEARANCE	x	I	RECORD    REVIEW
COUNSEL	NAME OFCOUNSEL AND OR ORCANIZATI0.'1	ADDRESS AND OR ORGANIZATION OF COUNS£L
YES	No
x
VOTE OFTHE BOARD
MEMBER  SITTING	HON	GEN	UOTHC	OTHER	DENY
(b)(6)	x
x x x x
ISSUES	A93.22	INDEX NUMBER	A03.07	EXHIBITS SVBMI'ITED TO THEBOARD
1	ORDER APPOINTING THE BOARD
2	APPLICATION FOR REVIEW OF DISCHARGE
3	LETTER OF NOTIFICATION
4	BRlEF OF PERSONNEL FILE
COUNSEL'S RELEASE TO THE BOARD
ADDITIONAL EXH IBITS SUBM!TIED AT TIME OF PERSONAL APPEARANCE
TAPE RECORDING OF PERSONAL APPEARANCE HEARING

HEARINC DATE	CASE NUMBER

13 Jul 2016	FD-2015-00482
APPUCANT'S ISSUE AND nlEDOARD"S DECISIONAL RATIONALE ARE DISaJSSEI> ON 1116 AlTACllED AIR FORCE DISCHARGE RE\llEW BOARD DEaSIONAL RATIONALE.

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)

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INDORSEMENT	DATE: 8/8/2016	-

TO:	FROM:
SAF/MRBR	SECRETARY OFTHE AIR FORCE PERSONNEL COUNCIL
AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD
550 C STREET WEST,SUITE 40	1535 COMMAND DR. EE WING, JRD FLOOR
RANDOLPH AFB, TX 781504742	ANDREWS AFB, MD 20762-7001

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

AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD DECISIONAL RATIONALE	CASE NUMBER

FD-2015-00482	

GENERAL: The applicant appeals for a change to the reason and authority for the discharge.

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.

Pursuant to 10 USC 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.

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

DISCUSSION: The applicant received an Honorable discharge for Mental Disorders - Adjustment Disorder. 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. A discharge is upgraded only if it is established that an inequity or impropriety took place at the time of discharge.

The applicant contends that his discharge was improper.  He feels that he should have been medically separated rather than involuntarily discharged since he had no disciplinary actions.   His discharge was directly related to his anxiety and depression following a suicide attempt.  He has been denied unemployment due to the military's refusal to allow him to use the wages he earned in his application for unemployment.

After review of the records, the DRB found that based on the purview of the board, there was insufficient justification to warrant a change to the discharge.  The Board found that the applicant's condition was unsuiting at the time of discharge.  Disorders that are unsuiting for, or interfere with, military service are managed administratively through the patient's chain of command IAW AFI 36-3206.  Furthermore, the applicant 's request for verification of wages in order to receive unemployment  is not a matter that would be addressed in this forum.

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