PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:        

	BOARD DATE:           6 April 2000                  
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR2000035784

	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. Kenneth H. Aucock		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. John N. Slone		Chairperson	
	Mr. Ernest M. Willcher		Member	
	Mr. James E. Anderholm		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 payment of basic allowance for subsistence (BAS) retroactive to 6 August 1999.  

3.  The applicant states that he arrived in his unit on 6 August 1999; however, his request for separate rations was not submitted until 27 October 1999.  He should received BAS for August, September, and October 1999. 

4.  The applicant’s military records show that he was assigned to the Medical Department Activity at Fort Belvoir with a reporting date of 20 August 1999.  A DA Form 31 (Request and Authority for Leave) shows that he signed in to the aforementioned unit on 6 August 1999.

5.  On 27 October 1999 the applicant’s commanding officer approved BAS for the applicant retroactive to 6 August 1999.

6.  In the processing of this application an advisory opinion (ATTACHED) was obtained from the Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) at Indianapolis.  That agency stated that retroactive BAS could be approved if the oral authorization of the applicant’s request is promptly confirmed in writing; and because this was not so in the applicant’s case, Board action is required to approve retroactive entitlement to BAS.  The DFAS recommended that the Board approve the retroactive request for separation rations for the period                      6 August 1999 through 26 October 1999.  The applicant concurred in the opinion by DFAS. 

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The applicant is entitled to BAS for the period 6 August 1999 through           26 October 1999.

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 granting the individual concerned BAS for the period 6 August 1999 through 26 October 1999. 

BOARD VOTE:  

___emw_  ___jea___  ___jns__  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		______________________
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2000035784	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	20000406	
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.  297	128.12	
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