RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

IN THE MATTER OF:	DOCKET NUMBER:  BC-2017-01941

XXXXXXXXXXXXXX	COUNSEL:  NONE
	
	HEARING:  NO

APPLICANT REQUESTS THAT:

Her DD Form 214, Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty, be corrected to change the narrative reason for separation from Pregnancy to Personal Trauma Secondary to Military Sexual Trauma (MST).

APPLICANT CONTENDS THAT:

The court documents she provides support her claim that she suffered MST while in the Air Force. The applicant’s complete submission is at Exhibit A.

STATEMENT OF FACTS:

The applicant is a former Air Force Airman.

On 20 Dec 91, the applicant received an Honorable discharge, with a Narrative Reason for Separation – Pregnancy, Separation Program Designation code KDF, Reentry Code 3C, and credited with 0 years, 9 months, and 17 days active service.

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:

AFPC/DP2STM recommends denying the application.  The applicant requested early separation based upon pregnancy.  There is no evidence of error or injustice with the discharge processing.  The complete advisory is at Exhibit C.

BCMR Mental Health recommends denying the application.  The applicant was discharged by her request due to pregnancy, not due to a mental health condition or misbehavior induced by a mental health condition.  While the applicant was diagnosed with Adjustment Disorder with Depressed Mood, she did not display symptoms of trauma and was not classified as unfit.  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 21 Sep 18 for comment (Exhibit E), but has received no response.

THE BOARD CONCLUDES THAT:

1.  The application was not timely filed.

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 the applicant is not the victim of an error or injustice.  The Board concurs with the rationales and recommendations of AFPC/DP2STM and BCMR Mental Health and finds a preponderance of the evidence does not substantiate the applicant’s contentions.  There was no evidence of a mental health condition for which liberal consideration would have applied.  The Board also notes the applicant did not file the application within three years after the alleged error or injustice was discovered, or should have been discovered, as required by Title 10, United States Code, Section 1552, and Air Force Instruction 36-2603, Air Force Board for Correction of Military Records (AFBCMR).  While the applicant asserts a date of discovery less than three years before the Board’s receipt of the application, the Board does not find the assertion reasonable.  The Board finds the application untimely and concludes it would not be in the interest of justice to excuse the delay.  Therefore, the Board recommends against correcting the applicant’s records.

THE BOARD RECOMMENDS THAT:

The applicant be informed the application was not timely filed; it would not be in the interest of justice to excuse the delay; and the application will only be reconsidered upon receipt of relevant evidence not already considered by the Board.

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-2017-01941 in Executive Session on 8 Nov 18:

, Panel Chair
, Panel Member
, Panel Member

All members voted not to correct the record.  The panel considered the following:

Exhibit A:	Application, DD Form 149, w/atchs, dated 6 Apr 17.
Exhibit B:	Documentary evidence, including relevant excerpts from official records.
Exhibit C:	Advisory opinion, AFPC/DP2STM, dated 13 Mar 18.
Exhibit D:	Advisory opinion, BCMR Mental Health, dated 28 Aug 18.
Exhibit E:	Notification of Advisory, SAF/MRBC to applicant, dated 21 Sep 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 for Docket Number BC-2017-01941.