SUPPLEMENTAL PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:      

	BOARD DATE:           20 June 2000
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR2000040372

	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.  A quorum was present during the further consideration and deliberation.  The findings appearing in proceedings dated 18 November 1999 were affirmed.  The following additional findings, conclusions, and recommendation were adopted by the Board.

	Mr. Carl W. S. Chun		Director	
	Mrs. Nancy Amos		Analyst	

	The Board convened at the call of the Director on the above date to reconsider the conclusions and recommendation appearing in proceedings dated 18 November 1999.

	Mr. Van B. Cunningham		Chairperson	
	Mr. James E. Anderholm		Member	
	Mr. Ernest W. Lutz, Jr.		Member	

	The applicant and counsel, if any, did not appear before the Board.

	The Board considered the following additional evidence:

	Exhibit 

THE BOARD ADDITIONALLY FINDS:

9.  On 7 April 2000 the Defense Finance and Accounting Service informed                   the Board that if the Board’s 18 November 1999 recommendation were implemented, the applicant would be charged with a debt of $8,487.29 for back child coverage Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) costs.  The applicant, who is the concerned child’s stepmother and is the current recipient of the former service member’s (FSM) SBP annuity, would then not receive her annuity for about        5 months until the debt was paid.  

10.  The Board acknowledges that the debt is valid.  If the Government had initiated child coverage costs at the time the FSM requested that coverage, he could have paid the costs in comparatively “easy monthly installments” (approximately 67 “monthly installments” between the date of requested enrollment and the date of his death).  However, through Government error the applicant is being asked to make “accelerated installments” which would be a financial burden to her.  

THE BOARD ADDITIONALLY CONCLUDES: 

3.  At the time of the 18 November 1999 decision in this case, it was the intent of the Board to make the FSM’s record as administratively correct as it should properly have been at the time while at the same time placing no undue financial burden on the applicant.

4.  In view of the additional factors in this case the applicant is entitled to correction of the FSM’s record to show that the debt incurred by correcting his records at this point in time should be waived in the interest of compassion and as an exception to policy.

5.  In view of the foregoing findings and conclusions, it would be in the interest of justice to correct the FSM’s records as recommended below.

THE BOARD RECOMMENDS:

That all of the Department of the Army records related to this case be corrected by amending the Board’s recommendation appearing in the proceedings, dated        

18 November 1999, to show that the debt the applicant incurred as a result of the correction to the FSM’s records is waived as an exception to policy.

BOARD VOTE:

__vbc___  __jea___  __ewl___  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

						Van B. Cunningham
		______________________
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2000040372	
SUFFIX		
RECON		
DATE BOARDED	20000620	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE		
DATE OF DISCHARGE		
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY		
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	(GRANT)	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.	137.00	
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6.