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COUNSEL'S RELEASE TO THE BOARD
ADDITIONAL EXHIBITS SUBMITTED AT TIME OF PERSONAL APPEARANCE

TAPE RECORDING OF PERSONAL APPERANCE HEARING

REMARKS
Case heard at Washington, D.C.

Advise applicant of the decision of the Board, the right to a personal appearance, and the right to submit an a1>plication to
the AFBCMR

SAF/MIBR
550 C STREET WEST, SUITE 40
RANDOLPH AFB, TX 78150-4742

SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE PERSONNEL COUNCIL AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD
1535 CO!v!MAND DR, EE WING, 3lill FLOOR
ANDREWS AFB, MD 20762·7002
Previous edition will be used

AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD DECISIONAL RATIONA LE	CASE NUMBER

FD02-0134	

GENERAV  The applicant appeals for upgrade of discharge to Honorable.

The applicant was offered a peronal appearance before the Discharge Review Board (DRB) but declined to exercise this right.

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

FINDINGS:  Upgrade of discharge is denied.

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

ISSUE:  The applicant believes his discharge is inequitable because his use of prescription and non­ prescription medications gave a false positive result in his urine.  He also mentions his post-service activities.  The Board reviewed the ent ire record and found no evidence of impropriety or inequity in this case on which to base an u pgrade of discharge.  The record s indicated the applicant received an Article l 5 for wrongfolly using marijua na   The Board concluded the dmg abuse was a significant departure from the conduct expected of all military members.  The Board found no evidence of impropriety or ineq uity in this case on which to base an upgrade of discharge.  The DRB was pleased to see that the applica nt was doing well and has a good job.  However, no i neq uity or impropriety in his d ischarge was found i n the course of the heari ng.  The Board concluded the misconduct of the appl icant appropriatel y characterized his term of service.

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 foll administrative due process.

Inview of the foregoing findings the board forther concludes that there exists no legal or equitable basis for upgrade of discharge, thus the applicant's discharge should not be changed.

Attachment: Examiner's Brief