SUPPLEMENTAL PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:      

	BOARD DATE:            5 May 1999
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AC97-06118
	                                    AR1999025650

	I certify that hereinafter is recorded the true and complete record of the proceedings of the Army Board for Correction of Military Records in the case of the above-named individual.  A quorum was present during the further consideration and deliberation.  The findings appearing in proceedings dated 28 January 1999 were affirmed.  The following additional findings, conclusions, and recommendation were adopted by the Board.

	Mr. Loren G. Harrell		Director	
	Mr. Hubert S. Shaw, Jr.		Analyst	

	The Board convened at the call of the Director on the above date to reconsider the conclusions and recommendation appearing in proceedings dated 28 January 1999.

	Mr. James M. Alward		Chairperson	
	Mr. John Saputo		Member	
	Mr. Roger W. Able		Member	

	The applicant and counsel, if any, did not appear before the Board.

	The Board considered the following additional evidence:

	Exhibit D-28 January 1999 Supplemental Board Proceedings

THE BOARD ADDITIONALLY FINDS:

12.  On 27 April 1999, an official of the Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) requested that the 28 January 1999 Supplemental Proceedings of the Army Board for Correction of Military Records (ABCMR) in the FSM’s case be amended to delete recommendations 4 and 5.

13.  The basis for this request is that the language is unnecessary to enroll the FSM in RCSBP.

14.  The official at DFAS has advised that no premiums are owed for RCSBP coverage and the more beneficial option for the surviving spouse in this case is immediate annuity under RCSBP.

THE BOARD ADDITIONALLY CONCLUDES: 

10.  At the time of the Board’s 28 January 1999 decision in this case, it was the intent of the Board to make the FSM’s record as administratively correct as it should properly have been at the time.

11.  The Board notes that DFAS has advised that no premiums are due for RCSBP coverage in this case. 

12.  The Board also notes that immediate annuity under RCSBP is the most beneficial option for the surviving spouse of the FSM.

13.  In view of the additional factors in this case, the ABCMR Supplemental Proceeding, dated 28 January 1999, should be amended to delete recommendations 4 and 5.

14.  In view of the foregoing findings and conclusions, it would be appropriate to amend the ABCMR Supplemental Proceedings, dated 28 January 1999, in the case of the FSM as recommended below.

THE BOARD RECOMMENDS:

6.  That all of the Department of the Army records related to this case be corrected by amending the Board’s recommendations appearing in the ABCMR Supplemental Proceedings, dated 28 January 1999, of the FSM concerned to delete recommendations 4 and 5.

BOARD VOTE:

JMA_____  JS_____  RWA____  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		James M. Alward_______
		CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999025650	
SUFFIX	SUPPLEMENTAL NUMBER 2	
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	19990505	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE	(HD, GD, UOTHC, UD, BCD, DD, UNCHAR)	
DATE OF DISCHARGE	YYYYMMDD	
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY	AR . . . . .  	
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	GRANT	
REVIEW AUTHORITY	MR SCHNEIDER	
ISSUES         1.	348	
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