DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY
BOARD FOR COPRECTION OF NAVAL RECORDS
	              2 NAVY ANNEX
	WASHINGTON DC 20370-5100

		TRG
Docket No: 7200-06
	13 October 2006

From:	Chairman, Board for Correction of Naval Records
To:	Secretary of the Navy

Subj:	REVIEW OF NAVAL RECORD OF

Ref:	(a) Title 10 U.S.C. 1552

End:	(1) Case Su a y
                               (2) Subject’s naval record

1.	Pursuant o he provisions of reference (a), Petitioner, a former enlisted member of the Na , filed an application with this Board requesting tha his reenlistment code be changed.

2.	The Board, consisting of. Mr. and reviewed Petitioner’s allegations of error and
injustice on  and, pursuant to its regulations, determined that the corrective action indicated below should be taken on the available evidence of record. Documentary material considered by the Board consisted of the enclosures, naval records, and applicable statutes, regulations and policies.

3.	The Board, having reviewed all the facts of record pertaining to Petitione ~ allegation of en or and injustice, finds as follows:

a.	Before applying to this Board, Petitioner exhausted all administrative remedies available under existing law and regulations within the Department of the Navy.

b.	Petitioner’s application was filed in a timely manner.

c.	Petitioner enlisted in the Navy on age 20. Subsequently, he was diagnosed him	which was not correctable to meet Navy standards, and recommended for an entry level separation. On he was notified of separation processing and, in connection with this processing, he elected to waive his procedural rights. After review, the separation authority approved an entry level separation with a narrative reason of separation of “Failed Medical Physical procurement Standards and he was so separated on At that time he was assigned an RE-4 reenlistment code.

d.	With his application, he has submitted documentation from his private physician which purports to show that he does not have asthma. He believes, in effect, that it is improper to assign an RE-4 reenlistment code, in a case such as this, when the medical diagnosis is in dispute.

	e.	Regulations allow for the assignment of his RE-3E reenlistment code when an individual is discharged by reason of erroneous enlistment. When an individual is discharged by reason of “Failed Medical Physical Procurement Standards” the only authorized code is an RE-4 reenlistment code.

CONCLUSION:

Upon review and consideration of all the evidence of record the Board concludes that Petitioner’s request warrants favorable action. It is clear that Petitioner’s enlistment could be considered to be erroneous because he would not have been enlisted if it had been known that he would be diagnosed with asthma while in recruit training. Given the submission of his physician showing that he does not have asthma, the Board concludes that the assignment of the most restrictive reenlistment code of RE-4 is no longer appropriate, and should be changed to an RE-3E reenlistment code as an exception to policy. This code will alert recruiters that there is a problem which must be resolved before enlistment should be authorized.

The Board further concludes that this Report of Proceeding should be filed in Petitioner’s naval record so that all future reviewers will understand the reason for the assignment of the RE-3E reenlistment code.

RECOI4MENDAT ION:

a. That Petitioner’s naval record be corrected by issuing a DD Form 215 to show that on ,~ he was assigned an RE-3E reenlistment code vice the RE-4 reenlistment code now of record.

b. That this Report of Proceedings be filed in Petitioner’s naval record.

4.	It is certified that a quorum was present at the Board’s review and deliberations, and that the foregoing is a true and complete record of the Board’s proceedings in the above entitled matter.

ROBERT D. ZSALMAN	ALAN E. GOLDSMITH
Recorder	Acting Recorder

5.	Pursuant to the delegation of authority set out in Section 6(e) of the revised Procedures of the Board for Correction of Naval Records (32 Code of Federal Regulations, Section 723.6(e)) and having assured compliance with its provisions, it is hereby announced that the foregoing corrective action, taken under the authority of reference (a), has been approved by the Board on behalf of the Secretary of the Navy.

							W. DEAN PFEIFFER
							Executive Director