AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD HEARING RECORD	
NAME OF SERVICE MEMBER (LAST, FIRST MIDDLE INITIAL)
(b) (6)	HEARING DATE
(b) (6)	CASE Nm-IBER FD-2016· 00156 .	
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ISSUES	INDEX  NUMBER		
		1	ORDER APPOINTING IHE BOARD	
		2	APPLICATION FOR REVIEW OF DISCHARGE	
		3	LETTER  OFNOTIFICATION	
		4	BRIEF OF PERSONNEL FILE	
			COlNSEL'SRELEASE TOTHE BOARD	
			ADDITTONAL EXHIBITS SUBMlTIBD AT TIMEOF  PERSON AL
APPEARANCE	
			TAPE RECORDING OF PERSONAL APPEARANCE HEARING	
AJ>PUCANT'S ISSUE ANO TiiE BOARD'S DECISIONAL RATIONALBAREDISCUSSED ON THE ATTACHED AIR FORCE DISCHAROBREVll!W BOARD DECISIONAL RATIONALE.	
Case heard in Washington, D.C.

Advise applicant of tbe 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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RANDOLPH AFB, TX 78150-4742	FROM:
SECRETARY OFTifBAJR FORCEPERSON.'IELCOUNCIL  ·
AIR roRCE DISCHARCI! REVIEW BOARD 1535 COMMIJJ) DR, El:WING,3RD nooR ANDREWS AFB, MD 207U.70H	
AFHQ FORM 0-2077, JAN 00	(EF-V2)	Previous edition will be used

AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD DECISIONAL RATIONALE	CASE NUMBER

FD-2016-00156	

GENERAL : The applicant appeals for upgrade of discharge characterization 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 finds insufficient eviqence of an inequity or impropriety that would warrant a change to the applicant's discharge.

DISCUSSION: 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 determine if the discharge met the pertinent standards of equity and propriety.  The applicant received an Entry Level Separation discharge for Erroneous Enlistment.  The applicant submitted no issues regarding the equity or propriety of her discharge.  The applicant cited her desire to receive the Post 9/11
G.I. Bill benefits asjustification for upgrade. The Board reviewed the entire record and found no evidence  of impropriety or inequity to wanant an upgrade of the discharge. The DRB noted the applicant had served three months before the discharge was initiated, but concluded that the applicant was diagnosed with Asthma and determined this condition existed prior to service. The Board is aware that the applicant's present
service characterization renders her ineligible for Department of Veteran Affairs education benefits; however, this is not a matter of inequity or impropriety which would warrant an upgrade.

A discharge is upgiaded only if it is established 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 found no evidence to justify characterizing the applicant's service or to change the reason and authority for the discharge.

Attachment: Examiner's Brief