PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:       

	BOARD DATE:            19 August 1999    
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR1999018126

	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.  

	Mr. Loren G. Harrell		Director	
	Mr. Kenneth Aucock		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Calvin M. Fowler		Chairperson	
	Ms. Celia L. Adolphi		Member	
	Mr. Melvin H. Meyer		Member	

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

	The Board considered the following evidence:

	Exhibit A - Application for correction of military 
                records
	Exhibit B - Military Personnel Records (including
	            advisory opinion, if any)

FINDINGS:

1.  The applicant has exhausted or the Board has waived the requirement for exhaustion of all administrative remedies afforded by existing law or regulations.

2.  The applicant requests that her DD Form 214 be corrected to show award of the Meritorious Service Medal, and to show that she was permanently retired because of physical disability on 5 February 1993.

3.  The applicant states she needs the correction on her DD Form 214 in order to gain employment. 

4.  The applicant’s military records show that she entered on active duty in 1972 and remained on continuous active duty until she was placed on the temporary disability retired list (TDRL) on 20 June 1991.  She attained the rank of Master Sergeant and had over 17 years of service.  She submits with her application a copy of a certificate awarding her the Meritorious Service Medal for her exemplary and dedicated service from 1981 to 1991. 

5.  The applicant was removed from the TDRL and placed on the permanent disability retired list (PDRL) on 5 February 1993 with a 60 percent disability rating.  

6.  DD Forms 214 are issued to capture information associated with an individual’s period of active Federal service and are issued only when an individual is released, or discharged from active duty.  Although a soldier may be subsequently discharged or removed from a temporary and placed on a permanent disability retired list, there is no additional active service and as such no basis to issue another DD Form 214.  The DD form 214 reflects the date a soldier is released from active duty. 

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The applicant was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal.  Her DD Form 214 should reflect that award.

2.  The applicant’s DD Form 214 properly reflects the date that she was released from active duty.  She had no active service after that date.  No further correction of that document is required.

3.  In view of the foregoing, the applicant’s records should be corrected as recommended below.

RECOMMENDATION:

1.  That all of the Department of the Army records related to this case be corrected by showing that the applicant was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal.

2.  That so much of the application as is in excess of the foregoing be denied. 

BOARD VOTE:  

__cmf___  __cla___  __mhm___  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

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		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999018126	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	19990819	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE	(HD, GD, UOTHC, UD, BCD, DD, UNCHAR)	
DATE OF DISCHARGE	YYYYMMDD	
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY	AR . . . . .  	
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	GRANT	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1. 107.00		
2. 110.01		
3.		
4.		
5.		
6.