PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:  

	BOARD DATE:           15 August 2000                   
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR2000042507

	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. Thomas D. Howard, Jr.		Chairperson	
	Mr. Arthur A. Omartian		Member	
	Ms. Gail J. Wire		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 correction of her records to show she is authorized separate rations-in-kind.  She states that she arrived at the Pentagon in November 1998 and was due rations-in-kind due to her duty there but has never received rations-in-kind.

3.  The applicant’s military records are not available.  The applicant apparently was assigned to Walter Reed Army Medical Center with duty at the Pentagon on 8 November 1998.  Apparently she was approved for separate rations-in-kind due to mess hall unavailability but the paperwork was lost.  The paperwork was recently reconstructed.

4.  In the processing of this case, an advisory opinion was obtained from the Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) – Indianapolis.  DFAS recommended the Board approve the applicant’s back claim and pay her the difference in basic allowance for subsistence during the period 8 November 1998 through 10 April 2000.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The Board concludes that a Government error occurred in this case and the applicant would have been paid separate rations-in-kind effective 8 November 1998 had her paperwork not been lost.

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 request for separate rations-in-kind was approved on 8 November 1998 and by paying the applicant the difference in basic allowance for subsistence for the period 8 November 1998 through 10 April 2000.

BOARD VOTE:  

__tdh___  __aao___  __gjw___  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

			Thomas D. Howard, Jr.
		______________________
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2000042507	
SUFFIX		
RECON		
DATE BOARDED	20000815	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE		
DATE OF DISCHARGE		
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY		
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	(GRANT)	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.	128.12	
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