PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:      

	BOARD DATE:           20 July 2000                   
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR2000037815

	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. Kenneth H. Aucock		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Samuel A. Crumpler		Chairperson	
	Ms. Ann M. Campbell 		Member	
	Mr. Kenneth L. Wright		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 service credit for his active duty service, and that his date of rank be adjusted accordingly. 

3.  The applicant states in effect, that he served on active duty for approximately 3 years and 8 months prior to becoming a Medical Corps officer, and also had some Reserve time, before and after his active duty service.  He should have received approximately 50 percent constructive credit for his active duty service.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that he enlisted in the Army Reserve for eight years as a cadet on 14 July 1987.  He was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Army Reserve on 26 May 1989 and entered on active duty on    24 September 1989.  He was released from active duty on 1 June 1993 and transferred to the Army Reserve Control Group (Reinforcement) at St. Louis.  His DD Form 214 (Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty) shows that he was a Quartermaster Corps officer.  He had 3 years, 8 months, and 8 days of service. 

5.  The applicant was commissioned a second lieutenant on 19 January 1994 for the purpose of attending the Health Professions Scholarship Program (HPSP).  He was appointed a Captain in the Army Reserve, with 4 years of constructive service credit, accepting his commission on 26 May 1998.

6.  In the processing of this application an advisory opinion was obtained from the Office of The Surgeon General.  That office stated that the applicant should have been awarded an additional 1 year, 10 months, and 4 days of service credit based on his total prior service.  A copy of that advisory opinion was furnished the applicant for his information and comment.  On 6 July 2000, the applicant stated that he concurred with the advisory opinion.  

7.  Table 3-2 of Army Regulation 135-101 provides for the computation of prior active commissioned service credit for individuals who are being appointed as Medical Corps officers.  That table grants ½ year of credit for each year of extended active commissioned service in other than the specialty in which being appointed.  There is no credit awarded for commissioned service not in an active status.    

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The applicant is entitled to award of 1 year, 10 months, and 4 days of entry grade credit, in addition to the 4 years of constructive service credit awarded at the time of his commissioning on 26 May 1998.  His date of rank should be adjusted accordingly.

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 showing that the individual concerned was awarded 1 year, 10 months, and    4 days of entry grade credit, in addition to the 4 years of constructive service credit awarded upon his commissioning on 26 May 1998.  His date of rank should be adjusted accordingly. 

BOARD VOTE:  

___sac__  ___amc__  ___klw__  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

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		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2000037815	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	20000720	
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.  21	102.08	
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