RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

IN THE MATTER OF:	DOCKET NUMBER: BC-2017-02606

	COUNSEL: 

 	HEARING: NO

APPLICANT REQUESTS THAT:

Twenty five and one half days (25.5) of lost leave be restored.

APPLICANT CONTENDS THAT:

He extended his enlistment for an assignment and sold 60 days of leave.  He asked Military Personnel Flight (MPF) officials multiple times when the leave settlement would consummate and was given erroneous information.  In mid September, he learned the leave settlement would not take effect until he entered the extension after the new fiscal year (FY).  At that point, he did not have ample time to reduce his leave balance prior to the end of the FY and lost 25.5 days.   

The applicant’s complete submission is at Exhibit A.

STATEMENT OF FACTS:

The applicant is a master sergeant in the Regular Air Force. For more information, see the excerpt of the applicant’s record at Exhibit B and the advisory at Exhibit C.

AIR FORCE EVALUATION:

AFPC/DP2SSM recommends granting the application.  The applicant was miscounseled by the MPF on the process of selling leave in conjunction with an extension.  When he finally received the correct information, he did not have enough time to take the use or lose leave prior to the end of the FY.  Leave records show he lost 25 days, not 25.5.  

The complete advisory is at Exhibit C.

APPLICANT’S REVIEW OF AIR FORCE EVALUATION:

The Board sent a copy of the Air Force evaluation to the applicant on 22 Feb 18 for comment (Exhibit D), but has received no response.

THE BOARD CONCLUDES THAT:

1.  The application was 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 that the applicant is the victim of an injustice.  The Board concurs with the rationale and recommendation of AFPC/DP2SSM 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 25 days of leave was restored to his leave account commencing 2 October 2018.

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-2017-02606 in Executive Session on 1 May 18:

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

Exhibit A:	Application, DD Form 149, w/atchs, dated 16 May 17.
Exhibit B:	Documentary evidence, including relevant excerpts from official records.
Exhibit C:	Advisory opinion, AFPC/DP2SSM, dated 2 Feb 18.
Exhibit D:	Notification of Advisory, SAF/MRBC to applicant, dated 22 Feb 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.