ADDENDUM TO RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

IN THE MATTER OF:	DOCKET NUMBER: BC-2014-03487-3

XXXXXXXXXXXXXX	COUNSEL: NONE

	HEARING REQUESTED: NO

APPLICANT’S REQUEST

The Board reconsider her request to be credited with a satisfactory year of Federal service for
retention/retirement (R/R) year 17 Jan 11 through 16 Jan 12.
 
RESUME OF THE CASE

The applicant is an Air National Guard staff sergeant (E-5).  

On 19 May 15, the Board considered and denied her request to grant her seven non-paid inactive duty points.  The Board noted the opinion and recommendation of ARPC/DPTS to grant the requested relief; however, the Board was not convinced the applicant received inaccurate service date information from unit leadership that resulted in her having unsatisfactory service for R/R year ending 16 Jan 12.  The Board advised the applicant if she provided supporting statements from members of her command attesting to the fact that her predicament was the result of miscounseling, the Board would be willing to reconsider her request.

On 9 Feb 16, the applicant made her first request for reconsideration and on 6 Feb 18, the Board considered and denied her request.  The Board noted that the applicant provided additional evidence in the form of a memo from her superintendent, which indicated that he believed the applicant should be entitled to the additional points requested.  However, the Board found the memo to be vague in confirming whether erroneous information was in fact provided to the applicant.  In addition, the Board believed that the memo suggested that the applicant should have consulted with subject matter experts, but failed to do so.   

For an accounting of the applicant’s original request and the rationale of the earlier decision, see the AFBCMR Letter and Record of Proceedings at Exhibit G.

On 9 Aug 20, the applicant requested a second reconsideration of her request and provided new evidence in the form of a letter from her commander, who confirms she had consulted with squadron administrators to ensure that she had accrued enough participation points for a “good” year.  He goes onto state “extensive research into the matter revealed that our staff erred in calculating her R/R cutoff date.  They advised her to proceed with the leave of absence because she had already accrued enough points for a ‘good’ retirement year, despite her questioning their calculations then trustingly following their guidance.  The MDS staff involved have been reluctant to fully acknowledge their error in this matter, however, my investigation results unequivocally support [the applicant’s] claim.” 

The applicant’s complete submission is at Exhibit H.

FINDINGS AND CONCLUSION

After reviewing all Exhibits, the Board concludes the applicant has presented evidence sufficient to demonstrate an error or injustice.  In particular, the applicant has provided a memo from her squadron commander who confirms she was provided misinformation, which led her to believe she had enough participation points for accomplishment of a “good” year towards retirement.  Given that the applicant had nine satisfactory service years leading up to the year in question and the fact that she only needed seven additional non-paid inactive duty points to achieve a satisfactory year, the Board finds the evidence sufficient to justify changing the original findings and recommendation of the Board.  Therefore, the Board recommends the applicant’s records be corrected as indicated below.

RECOMMENDATION

The pertinent military records of the Department of the Air Force relating to APPLICANT be corrected to show she was credited with an additional seven (7) non-paid inactive duty points for retention/retirement year 17 January 2011 through 16 January 2012, resulting in 50 total points and a satisfactory year of federal service. 

CERTIFICATION

The following quorum of the Board, as defined in Air Force Instruction (AFI) 36-2603, Air Force Board for Correction of Military Records (AFBCMR), paragraph 1.5, considered Docket Number BC-2014-03487-3 in Executive Session on 24 Sep 20:

, Panel Chair
, Panel Member
, Panel Member

All members voted to correct the record.  The panel considered the following:

Exhibit G:	Record of Proceedings Addendum, w/ Exhibits A-F, dated 23 Feb 18.
Exhibit H:	Application, DD Form 149, w/atchs, dated 9 Aug 20.

Taken together with all Exhibits, this document constitutes the true and complete Record of Proceedings, as required by AFI 36-2603, paragraph 4.11.9.