PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:      

	BOARD DATE:            19 September 2000                 
	DOCKET NUMBER:    AR2000037235

	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. Hubert O. Fry, Jr.		Chairperson	
	Mr. John P. Infante		Member	
	Ms. Regan k. Smith		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 the date of entry on active duty this period (block 12a) of his separation document (DD Form 214) be corrected to show that he entered active duty on 18 February 1999.

3.  The applicant states he enlisted on 18 February 1999 but block 12a of his DD Form 214 reflects his entry date as 1 September 1998.  As a result of this error the Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA) has reduced his compensation and benefit payments for a period for which he did not receive pay from the Army.  He contends that his indebtedness to the DVA should be for the period from           18 February 1999 to 1 July 1999 instead of 1 September 1998 to 1 July 1999.

4.  The applicant’s DD Form 214 shows that he entered the Regular Army on      1 September 1998 and was discharged for failure to meet procurement medical fitness standards on 1 July 1999.  

5.  The applicant’s DD Form 4/1 and 4/2 (Enlistment/Reenlistment Document) show that he entered active duty on 18 February 1999.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The records in this case confirm the applicant’s contention that the date in block 12a of his DD Form 214 is incorrect.

2.  Block 12a should reflect his date of entry on active duty as 18 February 1999 instead of the 1 September 1998 date that now appears there.

3.  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.  changing the date in block 12a of the DD Form 214 of the individual concerned to show that he entered active duty on 18 February 1999 (and correcting the other service computations in  block 12 that are affected by the change in his entry date); and 

	b.  issuing him a correction to DD Form 214 reflecting the above mentioned changes.

BOARD VOTE:  

________  ________  ________  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		_________ Hubert O. Fry, Jr                             		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2000037235	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	20000919	
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.  110.01		
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