IN THE CASE OF:	  

		BOARD DATE:  8 January 2013

		DOCKET NUMBER:  AR20120014988 


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).


THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST, STATEMENT, AND EVIDENCE:

1.  The applicant requests award of $15,000 Medical Additional Special Pay (MASP) for 2010.  He only recently noted the deficiency.

2.  The applicant states that this probably occurred because his contract did not migrate with his records during the Base Realign and Closure process.

3.  The applicant provides copies of an Army Medical Department (AMEDD) Special Pay Form showing MASP of $15,000 for 2011; a Memorandum for the Chief, Special Pay Branch, Officer of The Surgeon General (OTSG), and a copy of his recertification certificate.

CONSIDERATION OF EVIDENCE:

1.  The applicant, a Regular Army, Medical Corps, colonel filed his request for MASP on 8 January 2010.  It was received and approved by the Chief, Special Pay Branch, Officer of The Surgeon General (OTSG) on 22 January 2010 and is filed in his Interactive Personnel Electronic Records Management System (iPERMS). 

2.  In the processing of this case, an advisory opinion was obtained from the Chief, AMEDD Special Pay Branch, OTSG.  That official notes that the applicant's pay record shows no indication that the applicant ever received MASP for the period in question and recommended payment based on time served and noted that the applicant was due approximately $13,958.33 before withholding.  A copy of the opinion was forwarded to the applicant for review and comment.  No response was received.

3.  Title 37, U.S. Code, Sections 301d, 302, 302f, and 303a, provide for multi-year retention bonuses and special pays for medical officers and health professionals of the armed forces.  For Army Medical Corps officers (Physicians), these special pays include MASP, which is paid to all Medical Corps officers upon completion of internship (not during initial residency) at the current rate of $15,000 (less taxes) for a one-year active duty obligation that can be served concurrently with all other obligations.

4.  The Department of Defense Military Pay and Entitlements Manual provides that medical officers on active duty are entitled to MASP provided they are not undergoing initial residency training.  In order to qualify for MASP, an agreement must be signed to remain on active duty for at least 1 additional year from the effective date of the agreement.  The MASP is paid annually in a lump sum effective the date of the agreement.

DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The Chief of the AMEDD Special Pay Branch recommends payment of the outstanding MASP entitlement for time served.

2.  The applicant is eligible for receipt of MASP, in the amount of $15,000, for the period 1 January through 31 December 2010.  Accordingly, his records should be corrected to show entitlement to this pay.  He should be paid MASP for the time served.

BOARD VOTE:

____X___  ____X___  ___X__ _  GRANT FULL RELIEF 

________  ________  ________  GRANT PARTIAL RELIEF 

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

BOARD DETERMINATION/RECOMMENDATION:

The Board determined the evidence presented is sufficient to warrant a recommendation for relief.  As a result, the Board recommends that all Department of the Army records of the individual concerned be corrected by:
	a.  showing he entered into an MASP contract for $15,000 for the period 1 January through 31 December 2010; and

	b.  paying him retroactive MASP in accordance with his contract for the time served during that period.




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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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