CASE NO:  AD97-00258

PART II - APPLICATION DATA
(Note: Part I deleted under the Privacy Act on Reading Room copy)

1.  Type of discharge (or characterization of service):  HD

2.  Date of discharge (or REFRAD):  870410

3.  Authority for separation:

	a.  Regulation:  Chapter 5, AR 635-200                                                                                                                                       

	b.  Reason:	Personality Disorder

4.  Prior review(s):  ( X ) NONE

PART III - SERVICE HISTORY
SECTION A - Period of Service Under Review

1.	Service data:                              2.  Awards and decorations:
                                               Type      
a.  Period entered for:  4 Years               AAM   
b.  Entry date:  850920                                       
c.  Age:  24 Years   DOB:  601028                                
d.  Educational level:  HS Grad                                  
e.  Aptitude area scores:              
	    GT:  110       		                 3.  Highest grade achieved:
    f.  Actual creditable service:  1 Year         Grade  
        8 Months  21 Days                          E4                                

                                               4.  Performance evaluations:  
                                                  ( X ) NONE

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PART III - SERVICE HISTORY
SECTION A - Period of Service Under Review - Continued

5.  Periods of unauthorized absence:  ( X ) NONE

6.  Nonjudicial punishment:  ( X ) NONE
		                   
7.  Court-Martial data:  ( X ) NONE

8.	Remarks:  ( X ) NONE                                                                                                         

SECTION B - Other Service Data

1.  Other discharge(s):

	Service 		Type         
	RA			HD	            

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PART IV - PREHEARING REVIEW
SECTION A - Analyst's Assessment

1.  Summary of facts and circumstances concerning discharge:

	861223:  Unit commander notified the applicant of initiation of separation
	         action under the provisions of Chapter 5, AR 635-200, for
	         personality disorder.
	870302:  Separation authority waived rehabilitation and approved separation 	         with a honorable discharge.
 	870410:  Applicant was discharged.

.
2.  Issue(s) of propriety and/or equity on DD Form 293 or incorporated by reference:
	See Attached DD Form 293

3.  Exhibit(s) submitted:

	A-1:  DD Form 293, dated 960205.
	B-1:	DD Form 293, with one(1) enclosure as submitted by the applicant.

PART IV - PREHEARING REVIEW
SECTION B - Medical and/or Legal Advisory Opinion
( X ) NONE

PART V - SUMMARY OF REVIEW HEARING

1.  Review/Hearing information:  

	a.  Applicant testified:    (   ) Yes   (   ) No

	b.  Witness(es) testified:  (   ) Yes   (   ) No

2.  Exhibit(s) submitted at hearing:  ( X ) NONE

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PART VI - ISSUES AND FINDINGS

1.  a.  Applicant's issue(s) of propriety and/or equity:
	    ( X )	Same as those listed on DD Form 293 and Part IV, Section A, Paragraph 2.
	    (   )	Revised issue(s) furnished in writing by applicant as follows:
	    (   )	Additional issue(s) identified during review/hearing as follows:

    b.  Request:  (   ) Recharacterization    ( X ) Change of Reason

2.  Finding(s), conclusion(s), and reason(s) for the Board's decision(s) on issues of propriety and/or equity:

	a.  Propriety:	The applicant has not submitted an issue of propriety and the ADRB has not otherwise relied upon an issue of propriety to change the discharge.

	b.  Equity:	The parenthetical number(s) below correspond(s) to the 			issue number(s) on the DD Form 293, or in Part VI, 				Paragraph 1 above.  

       (1)  The issue is rejected.  The Board noted that the applicant was discharged for a personality disorder under the provisions of Chapter 5, AR 635-200.  Soldiers may be discharged for personality disorders, amounting to disabilities, when the disorder interferes with an assignment or the performance of duty.  A competent medical authority determined this to be the case and the command initiated separation action because the diagnosis concluded that the soldier’s ability to function in a military environment was severely impaired.  The Board was satisfied that all requirements of law and regulations were met and the rights of the applicant were fully protected throughout the separation process.  The Board voted not to grant relief.

3.  Response to item(s) not addressed as decisional issue(s):  ( X ) NA

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PART VII - BOARD ACTION
SECTION A - Conclusions/Decisions/Vote

1.	Board conclusion(s):

	The discharge was:

	( X )	Proper.
	(   )	Improper as to characterization.  Change characterization to                             .
	(   )	Improper as to reason.  Change reason to                         under                      .
	( X )	Equitable.
	(   )	Inequitable as to characterization.  Change characterization to                             .
	(   )	Inequitable as to reason.  Change reason to                      
		under                                 .
	(   )	Both proper and equitable, but characterization/reason for separation cited was an administrative/clerical error and should be changed to                      under                         .

2.  Voting record:      Change   No Change
	            Reason      0          5  
    Characterization      0          5  

	  The names and votes of the members of the Board are recorded in Part IX of this document and can be obtained by writing to the address below.  The request must contain the CASE NO. located in the upper right corner of this document.

                  Department of the Army Review Boards Agency
                  ATTN:  CPCD
                  1941 Jefferson Davis Highway, 2nd Floor
                  Arlington, VA  22202-4508

3.  Minority views:  ( X ) NA

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PART VII - BOARD ACTION
SECTION B - Verification and Authentication

Case report reviewed and verified	

                          	
MAJ WYRICK                                                                               
Post Hearing Reviewer	

PART VIII - DIRECTIVE/CERTIFICATION
SECTION A - DIRECTIVE

(X) NONE

SECTION B - CERTIFICATION

Approval Authority:

EL CARTIO BARNES
Colonel, U.S. Army
President, Army Discharge
   Review Board

Official:

SHERRY HILL SARGENT
Major, U.S. Army
Chief, Secretary Recorder

EXHIBITS:
A - Application for review of discharge	C - Other 
B - Material submitted by applicant    	

INDEX RECORD:  

AD9700258         970313    HD    870410    AR 635-200  C5    A8600  NC 5-0  A                 
1          10 11 12        18    20        26                41     46 49   52

                  A8600   A9200   A0100   A9321                               
                 53      58      63      68      

                           

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PART IX - VOTING RECORD

    Name & Rank                              Reason          Characterization
                                           CHANGE   NC     HON  UHC   NC  UNCHAR

    1.   MAJ WYRICK, JIMMY R.          Mbr          X                 X       

    2.   LTC PHILLIPS, JOHN S.         Mbr          X                 X       

    3.   LTC SMITH, LILLIAN C.         Mbr          X                 X       

    4.   COL ALLEN, THOMAS J.          Mbr          X                 X       

    5.   COL MATHEWS, WILLIAM E.       PO           X                 X       

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