PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:     

           BOARD DATE:           28 September 2000                  
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR2000035904

	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. W. E. Schnupp		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Raymond V. O'Connor, Jr.		Chairperson	
	Mr. Donald P. Hupman		Member	
	Mr. Ernest M. Willcher		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 her $1500.00 enlistment bonus as verified by The Department of the Army, Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel (DCSPER).

3.  The applicant states that at the time of her enlistment she should have been informed that since she had already received her undergraduate degree she was not entitled to the educational assistance incentive, only an enlistment bonus.

4.  In support of her request, she has included a letter from the DCSPER verifying that she is entitled to a $1500.00 enlistment bonus, DA Form 4950-R, Selected Reserve Incentive Program, her enlistment contract and a copy of her Baccalaureate Degree.

5.  The applicant’s military records show that she enlisted in the US Army Reserve on 28 October 1981 for a unit that had been approved for an incentive entitlement.  Her contract shows that she specifically enlisted for the educational assistance incentive.

6.  Her Baccalaureate Degree shows that she graduated from the University of Iowa on 17 December 1977.

7. The DCSPER’s letter to the applicant, dated 10 January 2000, confirms that at the time of her enlistment the applicant was not eligible for education assistance (because she had already received her degree) but was eligible to receive an enlistment bonus in the amount of $1500.00.  However, because her case was so old (1981) DCSPER could not authorize payment of the bonus and suggested that the applicant apply to this Board for relief.

8.  The record contains no evidence showing that the applicant has received any educational assistance payments or an enlistment bonus.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  In the applicant’s case, the DCSPER has determined that since she has used less than $1500.00 in educational assistance and maintained eligibility for the enlistment bonus her eligibility for the enlistment bonus continued.  Accordingly, since she has received zero dollars in educational assistance, she retained full eligibility for the enlistment bonus in the amount of $1500.00, and that amount should be paid to her.

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 
a.  showing that the individual concerned is entitled to an enlistment bonus in the amount of $1500.00; and 

	b.  paying to her all monies due as a result of this correction to her record.

BOARD VOTE:  

_rvc ____  ___dph  _  ___emw_  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		________Raymond V. O'Connor, Jr._
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2000035904	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	20000928	
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.  128.05		
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