RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

IN THE MATTER OF:	DOCKET NUMBER: BC-2016-03870

XXXXXXXXXX	COUNSEL: NONE

	HEARING: NO

APPLICANT REQUESTS THAT:

Her DD Form 214, Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty, block 28, remove Personality Disorder as reason for separation.

APPLICANT CONTENDS THAT:

This statement on her DD Form 214 has been a hindrance in her obtaining employment, and there is no evidence of this diagnosis on file.   The applicant’s complete submission is at Exhibit A.

STATEMENT OF FACTS:

The applicant is a former Air Force senior airman, who entered service on 1 Oct 02.  Her enlisted performance reports for 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007 each indicated a promotion recommendation of 5 out of 5.  On 2 Oct 07, the applicant received an honorable discharge under the provisions of AFPD 36-32, Military Retirements and Separations and AFI 36-3208, Administrative Separation of Airmen, paragraph 5.11.9: Mental Disorders.  On 11 Apr 08, the Department of Veteran Affairs awarded the applicant a 10 percent evaluation for major depressive disorder, effective 3 Oct 07.  For more information, see the excerpt of the applicant’s record at Exhibit B and the advisories at Exhibits C and D.

AIR FORCE EVALUATION:

BCMR Medical Advisor defers recommendation to SAF/MRB-MH.  The complete advisory is at Exhibit C.

SAF/MRB-MH recommends granting the application, indicating that multiple entries in the applicant’s mental health notes list a diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder.  However, due to the prior Air Force policy against including complete mental health notes in the patient’s AHLTA (Armed Forces Health Longitudinal Technology Application) records, for protection of privacy, we are deprived of learning the basis for the applicant’s diagnosis.  Furthermore, the applicant’s Veteran Affairs providers have not confirmed a diagnosis of Personality Disorder in the last 11 years of her treatment.  Moreover, there is no evidence of the applicant’s substandard duty performance.  In fact, the opposite is true, as is clear from her performance reports.  SAF/MRB-MH recommends changing the applicant’s reason for discharge to Secretarial Authority and her re-enlistment code to one that will make her eligible for re-enlistment.  The complete advisory is at Exhibit D.

APPLICANT’S REVIEW OF AIR FORCE EVALUATION:

The Board sent a copy of the Air Force evaluation to the applicant on 30 Aug 18 for comment (Exhibit E), but has received no response.

THE BOARD CONCLUDES THAT:

1.  The application was not timely filed, but it is in the interest of justice to excuse the delay.

2.  The applicant exhausted all available avenues of non-judicial relief before applying to the Board.

3.  After thoroughly reviewing all Exhibits, it is the Board’s opinion that the applicant is the victim of an error or injustice.  The Board concurs with the rationale and recommendation of SAF/MRB-MH and finds that a preponderance of the evidence substantiates the applicant’s contentions.  Therefore, the Board recommends the applicant’s records be corrected as indicated below.

THE BOARD RECOMMENDS THAT:

The pertinent military records of the Department of the Air Force relating to the APPLICANT be corrected to show that her DD Form 214, Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty, issued in conjunction with her 2 Oct 07 discharge, be amended to read “1J” in Block 27, Reentry Code and “Secretarial Authority” in Block 28, Narrative Reason for Separation.

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-2016-03870 in Executive Session on 04 Oct 18:

, Panel Chair
, Panel Member
, Panel Member

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

Exhibit A:	Application, DD Form 149, dated 17 Sep 16.
Exhibit B:	Documentary evidence, including relevant excerpts from official records.
Exhibit C:	Advisory opinion, AFBCMR Medical Advisor, dated 27 Jan 17.
Exhibit D:	Advisory opinion, SAF/MRB-MH, dated 20 Jun 18
Exhibit E:	Notification of Advisory, SAF/MRBC to applicant, dated 30 Aug 18.

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