PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:  

	BOARD DATE:           12 October 2000                   
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR2000041181

	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	
	Mrs. Nancy Amos		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. John D. Miller		Chairperson	
	Ms. Carol Jo Suiter		Member	
	Mr. John E. Denning		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 effective date of his Medical Additional Special Pay (MASP) be adjusted to 1 September 1997.  

3.  The applicant states that his MASP began on 1 October 1997.  He was working as a physician in September 1997 so his MASP should have begun in September.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that after having had prior service as a commissioned officer in the Chemical Corps, he was ordered to active duty in the Medical Corps on 2 September 1997 with an effective date of active duty accession of 1 September 1997.  His orders show that he was eligible for MASP.

5.  In the processing of this case, an advisory opinion was obtained from the Army Medical Department Special Pay Branch, Office of The Surgeon General.  That office noted that the applicant’s MASP agreements at $15,000 per year were effective on a 1 October cycle (e. g., 1 October 1997, 1 October 1998, and  1 October 1999).  However, his MASP contract effective dates should have been on a 1 September cycle and should have read 1 September 1997, 1 September 1998, and 1 September 1999.  There is no effect on the dollar amounts of payments by this change.

6.  A copy of the advisory opinion was provided to the applicant.  He did not respond within the given time frame.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  In accordance with the advisory opinion, the applicant’s MASP contract should have been effective 1 September 1997 with payments thereafter on a      1 September cycle.

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 applicant’s MASP contract was effective 1 September 1997 and that he is on a 1 September payment cycle.  

BOARD VOTE:  

__jdm___  __cjs___  __jed___  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

			John D. Miller
		______________________
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2000041181	
SUFFIX		
RECON		
DATE BOARDED	20001012	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE		
DATE OF DISCHARGE		
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY		
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	(GRANT)	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.	128.16	
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