RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

IN THE MATTER OF:	DOCKET NUMBER: BC-2020-01952

XXXXXXXXX	COUNSEL: NONE

	HEARING REQUESTED: NO 

APPLICANT’S REQUEST

The social security number (SSN) on his DD Form 214, Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty, be corrected.

APPLICANT’S CONTENTIONS

His DD Form 214 shows an incorrect SSN.  He thought the error was fixed in 1998 but it was not.

The applicant’s complete submission is at Exhibit A.

STATEMENT OF FACTS

The applicant is an honorably discharged Air Force sergeant (E-4).

According to the DD Form 214 provided by the applicant, he served in the Air Force from 9 Feb 82 to 10 Sep 85, with a SSN recorded differently than the SSN recorded on his DD Form 214.

On 11 Apr 18, the Social Security Administration (SSA) issued the applicant a social security card, which indicates a different SSN from the SSN on the applicant’s DD Form 214. 

APPLICABLE AUTHORITY

AFI 36-2608, Military Personnel Records System, Table A7.1 (Correcting SSN in Records), provides as follows:  Do not correct records of former Airmen unless evidence proves the SSN used while serving with the Air Force was incorrect or erroneously recorded.  Required proof is an unaltered original document from the Social Security Administration (SSA), showing the applicant’s name, the old or erroneous SSN, and the new or correct SSN.

FINDINGS AND CONCLUSION

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 non-judicial relief before applying to the Board.

3.  After reviewing all Exhibits, the Board concludes the applicant is the victim of an error.  The Board finds the applicant’s SSN used while serving with the Air Force was incorrect or erroneously recorded.  Therefore, the Board recommends correcting the applicant’s records as indicated below.

RECOMMENDATION

The pertinent military records of the Department of the Air Force relating to APPLICANT be corrected to show that the DD Form 214, Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty, issued in conjunction with the 10 Sep 85 discharge, be changed to reflect the correct SSN in Block 3.

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-2020-01952 in Executive Session on 25 Mar 21:

, Panel Chair
, Panel Member
, Panel Member

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

Exhibit A:	Application, DD Form 149, w/atchs, dated 30 Jun 20.
Exhibit B: Documentary Evidence, Extract, AFI 36-2608, dated 26 Oct 15

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.