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AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD DECISIONAL RATIONALE	CASE 1'/UMBER

FD-2016-00202	

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 evidence 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 applicant's record of service included: two Letters of Reprimand; and three Records of Individual Counseling. His misconduct included failing to go to life skills appointment (3x); stealing four digital video discs and a portable keyboard from the Base Exchange; failing to appear for a counseling session set up by supervisor; failing to go to a mandatory appointment; and failing to go to a dental appointment at the prescribed time.

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 a General discharge for Misconduct - Minor Disciplinary Infractions. The applicant states that his discharge was inequitable because it was based on one isolated incident. The DRB recognized that the applicant had served one year before the discharge was initiated, but concluded that the applicant's misconduct outweighed the positive aspects of his time in the Air Force. The Board reviewed the entire record and found no evidence of impropriety or inequity to warrant an upgrade of the discharge.

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, 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 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