RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS IN THE CASE OF: BOARD DATE: 20 March 2007 DOCKET NUMBER: AR20060011009 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. Gerard W. Schwartz Acting Director Mr. Andrew C. Jacobs Analyst The following members, a quorum, were present: Ms. Kathleen Newman Chairperson Mr. David Haasenritter Member Ms. LaVerne Douglas Member The Board considered the following evidence: Exhibit A - Application for correction of military records. Exhibit B - Military Personnel Records (including advisory opinion, if any). THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST, STATEMENT, AND EVIDENCE: 1. The applicant requests reconsideration of the denial to upgrade his general discharge. 2. The applicant essentially states that he is attaching medical evidence which was not previously submitted. He also states that he was not a rehab failure. 3. The applicant provides the following in support of this application: a. an undated, self-authored letter; b. a Standard Form (SF) 513 (Consultation Sheet) from November 1981; c. Medical Records Progress Notes from 2003; and d. three DA Forms 4465 (Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention Control Program [ADAPCP] Military Client Intake and Follow-up Record). CONSIDERATION OF EVIDENCE: 1. Incorporated herein by reference are military records which were summarized in the previous consideration of the applicant's case by the Army Board for Correction of Military Records (ABCMR) in Docket Number AR20050015019, on 6 July 2006. 2. The applicant provided an SF 513 from November 1981, which essentially shows that he was evaluated for vision problems. He described the problems by stating that he saw black dots, cloud-like images, and spider-webbing for the past one and a half years. This document also states, in pertinent part, that he was an admitted amphetamine abuser for the past one and a half years as well. The consulting physician determined through an external eye examination that the applicant had no eye pathology. 3. In Medical Records Progress Notes from 2003, a note indicated, in pertinent part, that the applicant might have ophthalmologic migraines. 4. The applicant provided three DA Forms 4465, which he essentially pointed out that in his commanding officer’s opinion, his efficiency and conduct were fair in January 1981, and that his efficiency was fair and his conduct was good in March and April 1981. It should be noted that, from highest to lowest, the level of ratings that his commanding officer has to choose from were excellent, good, fair, and unsatisfactory. 5. The applicant disagreed with the previous record of proceedings by stating that he was not a rehab failure. However, it was the applicant himself who made the handwritten statement in May 1982 that, “I have been in trouble with drinking before and a (rehab) failure at least three times now,” which the analyst on the original ABCMR case was referring to. 6. Army Regulation 15-185 (Army Board for Correction of Military Records) prescribes the policies and procedures for correction of military records by the Secretary of the Army, acting through the ABCMR. This regulation provides that the ABCMR begins its consideration of each case with the presumption of administrative regularity. The applicant has the burden of proving an error or injustice by a preponderance of the evidence. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS: 1. The applicant contends that the denial to upgrade his general discharge should be reconsidered. 2. Although the applicant provided an SF 513 which shows that he had vision problems, and was seeing black dots, cloud-like images, and spider-webbing for the past one and a half years while in the military, this document also clearly shows that he was an admitted amphetamine abuser during the same time frame. Also, the consulting physician determined through an external eye examination that the applicant had no eye pathology. 3. Although the applicant provided Medical Records Progress Notes from 2003 which stated that he might have ophthalmologic migraines, there is no evidence in his military records which conclusively shows that this condition existed while he was on active duty. 4. The three DA Forms 4465 in which the applicant’s commanding officer rated his efficiency as a fair once and his conduct as good twice, does nothing to support the applicant’s request for reconsideration. Neither does it establish a basis for the upgrade of his discharge. 5. The fact that the applicant himself declared, in his own handwriting, that he was a rehab failure at least three times was the reason the analyst in the applicant’s original ABCMR case made such a statement. 6. In order to justify correction of a military record, the applicant must show to the satisfaction of the Board, or it must otherwise satisfactorily appear, that the record is in error or unjust. The applicant has failed to submit evidence that would satisfy this requirement. 7. In view of the foregoing, there is no basis for granting relief to the applicant in this case. BOARD VOTE: ________ ________ ________ GRANT FULL RELIEF ________ ________ ________ GRANT PARTIAL RELIEF ________ ________ ________ GRANT FORMAL HEARING ___KA __ ___DH___ __LD ___ DENY APPLICATION BOARD DETERMINATION/RECOMMENDATION: The evidence presented does not demonstrate the existence of a probable error or injustice. Therefore, the Board determined that the overall merits of this case are insufficient as a basis to amend the decision of the ABCMR set forth in Docket Number AR20050015019, dated 6 July 2006. ____Kathleen Newman______ CHAIRPERSON INDEX CASE ID AR20060011009 SUFFIX RECON YYYYMMDD DATE BOARDED 20070320 TYPE OF DISCHARGE (HD, GD, UOTHC, UD, BCD, DD, UNCHAR) DATE OF DISCHARGE YYYYMMDD DISCHARGE AUTHORITY AR . . . . . DISCHARGE REASON BOARD DECISION DENY REVIEW AUTHORITY AR 15-185 ISSUES 1. 144.0135.0000 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.