RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS AIR FORCE BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS. IN THE MATTER OF: DOCKET NUMBER: BC-2015-01524 COUNSEL: NONE HEARING DESIRED: NO APPLICANT REQUESTS THAT: His Air Force Form 707, Officer Performance Report (OPR), with closeout date of 6 Jun 13 be expunged and replaced with a new version having the same closeout date. APPLICANT CONTENDS THAT: The OPR with closeout of 6 Jun 13 became a matter of record in error because another OPR with administrative corrections was being processed and should have been the OPR of record. A new version was being processed because Section V, Additional Rater Overall Assessment, was discovered to have grammatical errors and a misspelling. The applicant’s complete submission, with attachments, is at Exhibit A. STATEMENT OF FACTS: The applicant is currently a member of the Regular Air Force, serving in the grade of Captain. On 1 Aug 13, the applicant acknowledged the Air Force Form 707, Officer Performance Report (OPR), for the rating period 7 Jun 12 to 6 Jun 13. The remaining relevant facts pertaining to this application are contained in the memorandum prepared by the Air Force office of primary responsibility (OPR), which is attached at Exhibit B. AIR FORCE EVALUATION: AFPC/DPSIDE recommends denial as the applicant has not exhausted all available avenues of administrative relief. The Air Force Board for Correction of Military Records (AFBCMR) is the highest level of administrative appeal within the Department of the Air Force. The AFBCMR will not consider a case until all avenues of administrative relief have been exhausted. We recommend the applicant submit a new AF Form 948, Application for Correction/Removal of Evaluation Reports, with all required supporting documentation, through the vMPF/Evaluation Appeals found under the Most Popular Applications. AFI 36-2406, Officer and Enlisted Evaluation Systems, states when requesting a report to be re-accomplished, a substitute report must be included in the appeals case. The substitute report must be signed by the evaluators who signed the original report. In addition, the applicant must include supporting memorandums from the original rating officials who signed the original report to justify/explain the change(s) made to the contested EPR. AFI 36-2406 also states requests will not consider or approve a request to change an evaluator's ratings or comments if the evaluator does not support the change. When an evaluator supports changing ratings, all subsequent evaluators must also agree to the changes, (including the commander on EPRs, the reviewer on OPRs, and the MLR Board President on PRFs). A complete copy of the AFPC/DPSID evaluation is at Exhibit C. APPLICANT'S REVIEW OF AIR FORCE EVALUATION: A copy of the Air Force evaluation(s) was forwarded to the applicant on 29 Oct 15 for review and comment within 30 days (Exhibit D). As of this date, no response has been received by this office. THE BOARD CONCLUDES THAT: 1. The applicant has not exhausted all remedies provided by existing law or regulations. 2. The application was timely filed. 3. Insufficient relevant evidence has been presented to demonstrate the existence of error or injustice. In this respect, we note this Board is the highest administrative level of appeal within the Air Force. As such, an applicant must first exhaust all available avenues of administrative relief provided by existing law or regulations prior to seeking relief before this Board, as required by the governing Air Force Instruction. The Air Force office of primary responsibility has reviewed this application and indicated there is an available avenue of administrative relief through submitting an AF Form 948, Application for Correction/Removal of Evaluation Reports, with all required supporting documentation, through the vMPF/Evaluation Appeals found under the Most Popular Applications. In view of this, we find this application is not ripe for adjudication at this level as there is a subordinate level of appeal that has not first been depleted. Therefore, in view of the above, we find no basis to recommend granting the relief sought in this application. THE BOARD DETERMINES THAT: The applicant be notified that all available avenues of administrative relief have not been exhausted; and the application will only be reconsidered upon submission of documentary evidence indicating that said avenues of administrative relief have been exhausted. The following members of the Board considered AFBCMR Docket Number BC-2015-01524 in Executive Session on 4 Feb 16 under the provisions of AFI 36-2603: Panel Chair Member Member The following documentary evidence pertaining to AFBCMR Docket Number BC-2015-01524 was considered: Exhibit A. DD Form 149, dated 2 Apr 15, w/atchs. Exhibit B. Applicant's Master Personnel Records. Exhibit C. Memorandum, AFPC/DPSIDE, dated 11 Dec 15. Exhibit D. Letter, SAF/MRBR, dated 16 Dec 15.