PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF: 

	BOARD DATE:  2 March 2000
	DOCKET NUMBER:  AR1999029546

	I certify that hereinafter is recorded the true and complete record of the proceedings of the Army Board for Correction of Military Records in the case of the above-named individual.  

			Director	
	Ms. Lee Tinsley		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Edwin S. Castle		Chairperson	
	Ms. Kathleen A. Newman		Member	
	Mr. Stanley Kelley		Member	

	The applicant and counsel if any, did not appear before the Board.

	The Board considered the following evidence:

	Exhibit A - Application for correction of military 
                records
	Exhibit B - Military Personnel Records (including
	            advisory opinion, if any)

FINDINGS:

1.  The applicant has exhausted or the Board has waived the requirement for exhaustion of all administrative remedies afforded by existing law or regulations.

2.  The applicant requests back pay for separate rations to 1 April 1999.

3.  The applicant states, in effect, that she was entitled to separate rations effective 1 April 1999.

4.  In an advisory opinion, dated 23 August 1999, from Defense Finance and Accounting Service – Indiana (DFAS-IN), the recommendation was to grant the applicant back pay for separate rations for the period of 1 April 1999 through 
21 April 1999 as type B BAS (Basic Allowance for Subsistence) started paying on 
22 April 1999.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The advisory opinion from DFAS-IN verifies that the applicant is entitled to BAS starting 1 April 1999.

2.  In view of the foregoing, it would be appropriate to correct the applicant’s records, as recommended below.

RECOMMENDATION:

That all of the Department of the Army records related to this case be corrected for the individual concerned by showing that she is entitled to BAS starting on 1 April 1999 and that the applicant be paid BAS for the period of 1 April 1999 to 21 April 1999.

BOARD VOTE:  

    EC        KN          SK     GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

                                            GRANT FORMAL HEARING

                                             DENY APPLICATION

			    Edwin S. Castle        
			CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999029546	
SUFFIX		
RECON		
DATE BOARDED	20000302	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE		
DATE OF DISCHARGE		
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY		
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	GRANT	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.  128.12	Retroactive BAS	
2.		
3.		
4.		
5.		
6.