AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD HEARING RECORD

PERSONAL APPEARANCE	-X   RECORD REVIEW

NAME OF SERVICE MEMBER (LAST, FIRST MIDDLE INITIAL)

GRADE	AFSN/SSAN

NAME OF COUNSEL AND OR ORGANIZATION	ADDRESS AND Ok ORGANIZATION OF COUNSEL

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MEMBERS  SITTING	Gll'.N	DENY
x x x x x
INDEX NUMBER
A42.00

HEARING DAT
02-06-26

CASENUMBER
FD2002-0047

2	APPLTCATTON FOR REVTEW or DISCT-!ARGE

3	LEITER OF NOTIFICATION
4	BRIEF OF PERSONNEL FILE
COUNSEL'S  RELEASE TO THE BOARD
ADDITIONAL  EXHIBITS SUBMITTED AT TIME Qr'
PERSONAL  APPEARANCE

TAPE RECORDJNG OF PERSONAL APPERANCE  HEARING

REMARKl'l
Case heard at Washington, D.C.

Advise applica nt of the decision of t he Boa rd, the right to a persona l appea ra ncewith/wit hout counsel, and the right to submit an application to t he A FBCM R

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550 C STREET WEST, SUITE 40
RANDm m AFB, TX 78150-·i?.12

SECRETARY CH HILO AIR FORCL: PL:RSONNL;L COUNCIL AIR FORCE DISCllAROL: REVIL:W BOARD
1535 COMMAND DR, EE WING_ 3RD FWOR
ANDREWS AFB, MD 20762-7002

AFHQ FORM 0-2077, JAN 00	(EF-V2)	Previous edition will be used.

AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD DECISIONAL RATIONALE

GENERAL: The applicant appeals to change the reason and authority for the discharge.

The applicant was offered a personal appearance before the Discharge Review Board but declined to exercisethis right.

The attached brief contains available pertinent data on the applicant and the factors leading to the discharge.

FINDINGS: Change of reason and authority for discharge are denied.

The Board finds that neither evidence of record nor that provided by the applicant substantiates an inequity
or impropriety that would justify a change of discharge.

Issue. Applicant received an Honorable discharge based on a personality disorder that interfered with military service but did not medically disqualify her. Additionally member had an Article 15 for disorderly conduct and making a false	statement, had a referral Enlisted Performance Report, and exceeded Weight and Body Fat Measurement Program standards. Applicant contends the discharge was improper because she did not have a personality disorder, and implies that the record does not support the reason for discharge. She states she was unhappy in the military because of a work-related incident she felt was improperly handled, and having a supervisor who didn’t like her. Records review disclosed member was a patient of the Mental Health Clinic from September 1998 through the time of her discharge. Before the discharge was recommended, it was determined by the Air Force Chief of Mental Health Services at member’s duty location, along with a civilian psychiatrist and civilian psychologist, that member had an adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety, depressed mood, and a schizoid personality disorder. This was deemed related to distress about a pending permanent change of station to Korea, and member’s concern about having to work in close proximity to others and live with a roommate. The clinicians stated that if member were sent to Korea she would be unlikely to	complete the assignment due to her aversion to associating with other people, and that member had a poor prognosis for long term military functioning because increased supervisory responsibility would be incompatible with her diagnosis. At the time of discharge member consulted legal counsel but chose not to submit matters in her own behalf. Through the records review the Board confirmed member’s ability to	in a military environment was impaired, and could not find an impropriety or an inequity upon which to base a change in reason or authority for the discharge.

CONCLUSIONS: The Discharge Review Board concludes that the discharge was consistent with the procedural and substantive requirements of the discharge regulation and was within the discretion of the discharge authority and that the applicant was provided full administrativedue process.

In view of the foregoing findings the board	concludes that there exists no legal or equitable basis to change the reason or authority for the discharge, thus the applicant’sdischarge should not be changed.

Attachment: Examiner’sBrief