PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:       

	BOARD DATE:            17 October 2000                  
	DOCKET NUMBER:    AR2000039962

	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. Walter Avery, Jr.		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Raymond V. O'Connor, Jr.		Chairperson	
	Ms. Linda D. Simmons		Member	
	Ms. Barbara J. Ellis		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 the amount of disability severance pay listed on her DD Form 214 (Separation Document) be corrected.

3.  The applicant states that the disability severance pay of $8,030.88 currently shown on her DD Form 214 is incorrect.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that she enlisted into the Regular Army on 7 October 1992, completed training as a material and storage handler, and achieved the pay grade of E-4.  She served until she was honorably separated on 8 August 1995 under the provisions of AR 635-200, paragraph 4-24b(3) for disability severance pay.  Block 18, Remarks, of the DD Form 214 contains the entry: disability severance pay $8030.88.

5.  On 8 August 1995 a Defense Finance & Accounting Services (DFAS) Form 0-641, Statement of Military Pay Account was prepared.  It indicates the applicant was paid a disability severance pay of $6,692.40.

6.  On 24 January 2000, DFAS, informed the applicant that $6,692.40 was the amount of her disability severance pay prior to the removal of federal and state taxes.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The records available fully support the applicant’s contention that the incorrect disability severance pay amount is listed on her DD Form 214.  Therefore, her DD Form 214 should be corrected as requested.

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.  amending the amount in block 18, Remarks, of the DD Form 214 to read: $6,692.40 versus $8,030.88; and

b.  issuing to her a correction to her DD Form 214 to show the above mentioned correction.

BOARD VOTE:  

___rvo __  ____lds _  ___bje___  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		__________Raymond V. O'Connor, Jr.__
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2000039962	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	20001017	
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.	128.08	
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