PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:  

	BOARD DATE:            27 May 1999                  
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR1999019871

	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. Paul A. Petty		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Raymond V. O'Connor, Jr.		Chairperson	
	Ms. Kathleen A. Newman		Member	
	Mr. Thomas B. Redfern		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 for the period 13 January 1981 to 30 June 1998 be changed to show "Yes" in box 15a, to indicate that she contributed to the post Vietnam era Veteran's Educational Assistance Program (VEAP).

3.  The applicant states that she made a lump sum $2,700 cash payment to the Defense Military Pay Office (DMPO) at West Point, New York, on 17 May 1998 to reinstate her VEAP eligibility prior to her retirement on 30 June 1998 but that her DD Form 214 shows that she did not contribute funds to be eligible for VEAP.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that she was voluntarily honorably retired early from the Army on 30 June 1998.  Her DD Form 214, Certificate of Release or Discharge From Active Duty, for the retirement shows in box 15a that she did not contribute to the VEAP.  A DD Form 1131, Cash Collection Voucher, shows that a $2,700 cash lump sum was collected from the applicant at the West Point Defense Military Pay Office on 17 May 1998 for "VEAP payment $100.00 per month for 27 months".  A check of records at the Military Pay Account Office (MPAO), Defense Finance and Accounting Service, Indianapolis, show that the applicant is eligible for VEAP based on this voucher but that the MPAO has not yet received the funds from West Point DMPO.  The MPAO will take action to obatin the funds from West Point and make disbursement to the Department of Veteran's Affairs.  These actions do not impact the fact that the applicant's DD Form 214 should show "Yes" for contribution to VEAP.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  That the applicant did contribute to the VEAP and that her DD Form 214 should show "Yes" in box 15a so indicating.

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

RECOMMENDATION:

That all of the Department of the Army records related to this case be corrected for the individual concerned by showing a "Yes" in box 15a of her DD Form 214 for the period 13 January 1981 to 30 June 1998 indicating that she contributed to VEAP.

BOARD VOTE:  

__rvo____  _kan____  _tbr_____  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		_____Raymond V. O'Connor, Jr.__
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999019871	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	19990527	
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.		
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