PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:  

	BOARD DATE:            12 January 2000                  
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR1999028625

	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. Edmund P. Mercanti		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. John N. Slone		Chairperson	
	Ms. Irene N. Wheelwright		Member	
	Mr. Luther L. Santiful		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 DD Form 214, Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty, be corrected to show that he was given $18,028.42 in disability severance pay, not $23,270.89 as his DD Form 214 currently shows.

3.  The applicant states that he was taxed on money that he never received.

4.  In support of his application he submits his separation pay worksheet which shows he was entitled to $18,028.42 in severance pay.

5.  The applicant’s military records show that he was ordered to active duty in support of Operation Desert Shield on 27 September 1990, served in pay grade E-5 as a light wheel vehicle mechanic supervisor, and served in Saudi Arabia.  He was honorably discharged by reason of physical disability on 2 November 1992.  The DD Form 214 he was issued at that time shows he was given $23,270.89 in severance pay.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  It is obvious that an error was made in the amount of severance pay that was entered on the applicant’s DD Form 214.

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 by amending the DD Form 214 of the individual concerned for the period of service ending 2 November 1992 to show he received $18,028.42 in disability severance pay.

BOARD VOTE:  

__jns____  _inw____  _lls_____  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		_____John N. Slone_________
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999028625	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	20000112	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE	(HD, GD, UOTHC, UD, BCD, DD, UNCHAR)	
DATE OF DISCHARGE	YYYYMMDD	
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY	AR . . . . .  	
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	DENY	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.	110.00	
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