PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF: 

	BOARD DATE:  18 July 2000
	DOCKET NUMBER:  AR1999028122

	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. Carl W. S. Chun		Director	
	Mr. Vic Whitney		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. George D. Paxson		Chairperson	
	Ms. Margaret V. Thompson		Member	
	Ms. Elizabeth Buchanon		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, in effect, that he be issued an I. D. Card (U. S. Uniformed Services Identification Card).

3.  The applicant states that he was supposed to receive an I. D. Card because he was separated for physical disability.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that he was serving on active duty in pay grade E-5 when he was found medically disqualified for continued service.  Orders number 036-0290 was issued on 5 February 1998 that directed his separation effective 16 March 1998.  He was authorized disability severance pay based on 8 years, 10 months, and 27 days service.

5.  Based on the transition assistance management program the applicant was entitled to 120 days of military medical benefits and 2 years of post exchange and commissary privileges.  Information obtained from the Defense Eligibility and Enrollment Reporting System shows that the applicant was last issued an I. D. Card on 28 October 1996, 17 months prior to his separation.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The applicant was entitled to an I. D. Card to allow him access to 120 days of military medical benefits and 2 years of post exchange and commissary privileges.

2.  There is sufficient evidence of record to show that the applicant was not issued the proper I. D. Card at separation and was denied the corresponding transition benefits authorized at separation.

3.  It would now be in the interest of justice to issue a new separation order to authorize the applicant the transition benefits he was denied.

4.  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 for the individual concerned be corrected by:

	a.  revoking orders number 036-0290 and issuing a new separation order authorizing 120 days of military medical benefits and 2 years of post exchange and commissary privileges from the date of the new order; and

	b.  issuing him the appropriate I. D. Card when he executes a completed application.

BOARD VOTE:  

__gp___  ___mt____  __eb____  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		___George D. Paxson____
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999028122	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	20000718	
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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