PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF: 

	BOARD DATE:            1 September 1999                  
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR1999014556

	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.  

	Mr. Loren G. Harrell		Director	
	Mr. Robert J. McGowan		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Stanley Kelley		Chairperson	
	Mr. James E. Anderholm		Member	
	Mr. Kenneth L. Wright		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 that he be paid board certification pay (non-physician) for the months of July and August 1998.

3.  The applicant states that, as a board certified clinical social worker, he was entitled to, and had been receiving, board certification pay (non-physician) in the amount of $166.66 per month.  For reasons unknown, he did not receive this pay in July and August 1998.  In support, he provides copies of his Jun-Aug 1998 Leave and Earnings Statements (LES), a letter from the American Board of Examiners in Clinical Social Work attesting to his board certification through June 1999, and a copy of a memorandum from the credentials coordinator at Headquarters, Medical Department Activity, Fort Campbell, Kentucky to the Commander, Personnel Command, Alexandria, Virginia, verifying his certification status. 

4.  The applicant’s military records show that he was appointed a second lieutenant in the Army National Guard on 21 August 1986.  On 29 January 1988, he was appointed a first lieutenant in the US Army Reserve.  He was promoted to captain on 15 December 1990 and entered on active duty as a social work officer on 20 June 1991.  He was separated from active duty with an honorable discharge on 31 August 1998.

5.  The applicant was a board certified clinical social worker.  As such, he received board certification pay of $166.66 per month.  He received such pay in June 1998, but did not receive it in July and August 1998.

6.  Department of the Army Message 021310Z, November 1995, in pertinent part, provided board certification pay for non-physician health care providers.  Specifically, social work officers who are board certified diplomates in clinical social work are authorized to receive such pay.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The applicant was a board certified diplomate in clinical social work and was serving as a social work officer in the grade of O-3.  His certification ran from 31 December 1996 through 30 June 1999.

2.  The applicant’s LES’s indicate that he received board certification pay of $166.66 for June 1998, but did not receive it for July and August 1998.

3.  In view of the foregoing, the applicant’s records should be corrected as recommended below.

RECOMMENDATION:

That all of the Department of the Army records related to this case be corrected by showing that the individual concerned was a board certified diplomate in clinical social work during the period July-August 1998 and by paying to him the appropriate board certification pay for that period.

BOARD VOTE:  

________  ________  ________  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

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		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999014556	
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RECON		
DATE BOARDED	YYYYMMDD	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE		
DATE OF DISCHARGE		
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY		
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	GRANT	
REVIEW AUTHORITY	DASA	
ISSUES         1.	128.1400	
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