AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD HEARIN G RECORD
NAME OF SERVICE MEMBER (LAST,FIRST MIDDLE INITIAL)	GRADE
(b)(6)
TYPE HON	I	PERSONAL  APPEARAN CE	x	I	RECORD   REVIEW
COUNSU	NAM E OFCOUNSEL AND OR ORGAl'IZATION	ADDRESS AND OR ORGANIZATION OFCOUNSEL
YES	No
x
VOTE OF THE BOARD
MEMBER    SITTING	HON	GEN	UOTHC	OTHER	DENY
(b)(6)	x
X*# X*#

ISSUES	AOI.SS	INDEX N\JMBER	Al 7.00	EXHIBITS SUBMITIED TO THE BOARD
1 ORDER APPOfNTING THE BOARD
2  APPLICATION FOR REVIEW OF DISCHARGE
3	LETTER OF NOTIFICATION

X*#

x

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

KEAR.ING DATE	CASE NUMllER
20 Jul 2016	FD-2015-00605
APPLICANT'S ISSUE AND THE BOARD'S DECISIONAL RATIONALE ARE DISCUSSED ONn!E ATTAOIED AIR FORCE DISOiAP.GB REVll!W BOARD DECISIONAL RATIONALE.
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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.

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INOORSEMENT	DATE:  712512016	I
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SECRETARY OFTKE AIR FORCE PERS01N' EL COUNCIL AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD
550 C STREET WEST, SUITE 40	1!35COMMAND DR, EE WING,3RD FLOOR
RANDOLPH AFB, TX 78150-4742	ANDREWS l\FB,lllD 20761-7001

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

AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD DECISIONAL RATIONALE	CASE NUMBER

FD-2015-00605	

GENERAL: The applicant requests to change the reason and authority for the discharge, and to change the reenlistment code.

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

Pursuant to I0 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.

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 received an Honorable discharge for Miscellaneous/General Reasons -eligible to reenlist, but elects to separate. 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 did not include derogatory data.

The applicant opposes the current narrative because the affect it has had or may have on future employment. She requests the narrative to contain language that offers she completed her active duty service commitment. However, the RE code and narrative coincide with her submitted and later approved early separations request. Therefore, the ORB opined that, through the administrative actions taken the reason for the discharge and the reenlistment code are appropriate.

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 her discharge. Additionally, the Board found no evidence to justify a change of reason and authority for the discharge, or change to 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