PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:  

	BOARD DATE:  10 May 2000
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR2000035044

	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. Paul A. Petty		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Ms. Margaret Patterson		Chairperson	
	Mr. Thomas B. Redfern		Member	
	Mr. George D. Paxson		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 authorized to receive the Student Loan Repayment Program (SLRP) incentive for which he enlisted for MOS 91V, Respiratory Therapist.

3.  The applicant states, in effect, that he enlisted in the Army Reserves for the SLRP incentive of $20,000 for enlisting in the MOS of 91V.  However, when he applied for SLRP payments from the SLRP administrative offices at Fort McCoy, he was told that he did not qualify.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that he enlisted in the Army Reserves  on 27 July 1995 for the MOS 91V for the SLRP enlistment incentive in the amount of $20,000 to be paid over the duration of his initial enlistment.  His record contains a copy of his DA Form 5261-4-R, SLRP Addendum, authorized by a service representative.

5.  In 1998, the applicant applied for his first payments under the SLRP.  He received a letter from the SLRP Team at Fort McCoy informing him that his MOS 91V was not qualified for the SLRP program on the date that he enlisted.  A check of the FY95 Selected Reserve Incentive Program Bonus MOS List issued from Headquarters, US Army Reserve Command, 15 June 1995, shows that the MOS 91V was removed from the list on 16 May 1995 but that counselors in the field did not get the list until well into July 1995.  

6.  The applicant’s chain of command applied to obtain exception to authorize the SLRP payments for the applicant as they were contracted.  The application went through the Headquarters, US Army Reserve Command and the Office of the Chief of Army Reserve, to Headquarters, Department of the Army (HQDA), Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel, Enlisted Accessions Division.  All of the foregoing recommended approval for authorizing the SLRP benefit for the applicant.  The HQDA Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel directed the applicant to apply to this Board for correction of records to provide the authorization.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The applicant enlisted in good faith for the SLRP enlistment incentive and all paperwork was properly completed and authorized.  The applicant should not be denied the SLRP incentive due to systemic error.  Headquarters, DA, Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel concurred that the applicant should be authorized to receive the SLRP incentive in spite of the system error.  As an exception, the applicant should be authorized the SLRP incentive for enlisting in 91V on 27 July 1995.

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, as an exception, for the individual concerned, by showing that he is authorized to receive the SLRP benefits in the amount of $20,000, according to his SLRP Addendum, for enlisting in the MOS 91V effective the date of his enlistment on 
25 July 1995 with the first payment to be issued as of 25 July 1996.

(Note:  It is necessary for the applicant to resubmit his request for payment of his incentive to the SLRP Team at Fort McCoy along with a copy of this Board action.)

BOARD VOTE:  

__MP___  __TR___  ___GP___  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		___Margaret Patterson______
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2000035044	
SUFFIX		
RECON		
DATE BOARDED	20000510	
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         1.112.12	SLRP	
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4.		
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6.