PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:       

	BOARD DATE:            29 April 1999                  
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR1999025287

	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. Edmund P. Mercanti .		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Ms. Ann M. Campbell		Chairperson	
	Mr. Edwin S. Castle		Member	
	Mr. Cristopher J. Prosser		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 his records be corrected to show that he completed the appropriate addendum for a $2,500.00 reenlistment bonus and for the Student Loan Repayment Program (SLRP).

3.  The applicant states that he had extended his enlistment in hopes that his military occupational specialty would become eligible for the SLRP and a bonus.  However, when his extension ran out he was incorrectly told that his MOS was still not eligible for a bonus or the SLRP.  Based on the proximity to his reaching 10 years of service, which terminates bonus eligibility, he reenlisted for 6 years.  He has since discovered that his MOS was eligible for both the SLRP and a $2,500.00 bonus when he reenlisted.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that he enlisted in the USAR for 8 years on 26 November 1986 and was awarded the MOS of 92B, which was later converted to MOS 91K (medical laboratory specialist).  On 20 November 1994 he extended his enlistment for 1 year.  On 18 November 1995 he reenlisted for 6 years in pay grade E-4 without a bonus or SLRP.

5.  On 1 October 1995 the Department published its bonus list which contained the MOS’s and units which were entitled to a bonus and/or the SLRP.  The MOS 91K was contained on that list, with eligibility for a $2,500.00 bonus and $10,000.00 in SLRP.

5.  On the date the applicant submitted his request he was assigned to a USAR unit in pay grade E-4.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  It is apparent that the applicant was attempting to qualify for a bonus and the SLRP, as evidenced by the extension of his enlistment.

2.  That he was erroneously told at the time of his reenlistment, the last reenlistment he could execute prior to losing bonus eligibility, that he was not eligible for a bonus or SLRP is an obvious error and injustice.

3.  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 by:

a.  showing that the individual concerned completed an SLRP addendum for $10,000.00 in student loans on 18 November 1995;
b.  showing that he completed a bonus addendum for a bonus skill in the amount of $2,500.00 on 18 November 1995; and

c.  by paying to him and his lending institutions the money that will become due as a result of this correction.

BOARD VOTE:  

_AMC___  _ESC___  _CJP____  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		_Ann M. Campbell____________
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR199025287	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	19990429	
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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