IN THE CASE OF:	

		BOARD DATE:	  08 April 2010

		DOCKET NUMBER:  AR20100011541 


THE BOARD CONSIDERED THE FOLLOWING EVIDENCE:

1.  Application for correction of military records (with supporting documents provided, if any).

2.  Military Personnel Records and advisory opinions (if any).


CONSIDERATION OF ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE:

12.  On 29 March 2010, new information was received from the Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) in regard to the decision of the Army Board for Correction of Military Records (ABCMR) in Docket Number AR20090008688, dated 3 December 2009.

13.  DFAS stated they cannot show the applicant made a spouse and children election under the RCSBP on 1 October 2005 because he did not have an eligible child at that time. 

ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS:

4.  At the time of the ABCMR's decision in Docket Number AR20090008688, dated 3 December 2009, it was the intent of the ABCMR to make the applicant’s record as administratively correct as it should properly have been at the time.

5.  The ABCMR's decision in Docket Number AR20090008688 incorrectly recommended that the applicant's records be corrected to show he requested children and spouse coverage under the RCSBP on 1 October 2005.

6.  However, the applicant already had child coverage from his original RCSBP election.  He needed only to add spouse coverage.  

7.  In view of the additional factors in this case, it is now apparent the applicant's records should have been corrected to show that he added spouse coverage under the RCSBP on 1 October 2005 during the Open Season. 
BOARD VOTE:

___X____  ____X__  ____X___  GRANT FULL RELIEF 

________  ________  ________  GRANT PARTIAL RELIEF 

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION


BOARD DETERMINATION/RECOMMENDATION:

The Board determined that the evidence presented was sufficient to warrant amendment of the decision of the Army Board for Correction of Military Records set forth in Docket Number AR20090008688, dated 3 December 2009 by amending paragraph a of the BOARD DETERMINATION/RECOMMENDATION to read, "showing that he requested to add spouse coverage under the RCSBP on 1 October 2005 during the Open Season, and"




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               CHAIRPERSON
      
I certify that herein is recorded the true and complete record of the proceedings of the Army Board for Correction of Military Records in this case.

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