IN THE CASE OF: BOARD DATE: 30 May 2013 DOCKET NUMBER: AR20120019478 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 that his records be corrected to show he was promoted to the pay grade of E-5. 2. The applicant states he was kept from reenlistment by his sergeant even though he had excellent ratings for reenlistment. He also states that he would have been promoted to the pay grade of E-5 had he been allowed to reenlist and he wants his DD Form 214 (Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty) to show he deserved an E-5 rating. 3. The applicant provides a statement of his claim and a page from his medical records showing that he had lost 29 pounds as of 11 January 1983. CONSIDERATION OF EVIDENCE: 1. Title 10, U.S. Code, section 1552(b), provides that applications for correction of military records must be filed within 3 years after discovery of the alleged error or injustice. This provision of law also allows the Army Board for Correction of Military Records (ABCMR) to excuse an applicant's failure to timely file within the 3-year statute of limitations if the ABCMR determines it would be in the interest of justice to do so. While it appears the applicant did not file within the time frame provided in the statute of limitations, the ABCMR has elected to conduct a substantive review of this case and, only to the extent relief, if any, is granted, has determined it is in the interest of justice to excuse the applicant's failure to timely file. In all other respects, there are insufficient bases to waive the statute of limitations for timely filing. 2. The applicant enlisted in the Regular Army on 18 July 1979 for a period of 4 years, training as an armor crewman, and a cash enlistment bonus. He completed his one-station unit training at Fort Knox, Kentucky and was transferred to Fort Hood, Texas for his first duty assignment. He was advanced to the pay grade of E-4 on 1 August 1981. 3. On 25 September 1981, he was transferred to Germany for assignment to a cavalry troop. On 26 March 1982, he was placed in the Army Weight Control Program for weighing 226 pounds when he was only authorized to weigh 186 pounds. 4. He remained in the weight control program, and on 15 September 1982 he weighed 202 pounds. The commander initiated action to bar him from reenlistment for apathy related to his overweight condition. 5. The applicant declined the opportunity to submit matters in his own behalf and the battalion commander approved the bar to reenlistment on 1 October 1982, which placed the applicant in a non-promotable status. 6. On 8 July 1983, the applicant was honorably released from active duty (REFRAD) in the pay grade of E-4. He had served 3 years, 11 months, and 29 days of active service and was transferred to a U.S. Army Reserve Troop Program Unit in Waco, Texas. 7. A review of his official records shows that he was still on the Weight Control Program at the time of his REFRAD. His records also show no evidence of his being on the E-5 promotion standing list. 8. A review of his records also failed to show that the applicant’s overweight condition was caused by a medical problem. 9. Army Regulation 600-200 (Enlisted Promotions) in effect at the time served as the authority for enlisted promotions. It provided, in pertinent part, that individuals who were under a suspension of favorable personnel actions (FLAG) or barred from reenlistment were in a nonpromotable status and not eligible for advancement or promotion. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS: 1. The applicant’s contention that he would have been promoted to the pay grade of E-5 had he been able to reenlist has been noted; however, he has failed to show through the evidence of record and the evidence submitted with his application that he was ever eligible for advancement to the pay grade of E-5. 2. The applicant was in the overweight program from 26 March 1982 until he was REFRAD on 8 July 1983 and he has failed to show that he was improperly placed in the weight control program. Additionally, there is no evidence to show that he ever attained promotion list standing. 3. Therefore, in the absence of evidence to show otherwise, there appears to be no basis to grant the applicant’s request. BOARD VOTE: ________ ________ ________ GRANT FULL RELIEF ________ ________ ________ GRANT PARTIAL RELIEF ________ ________ ________ GRANT FORMAL HEARING ____X____ ____X_ _ ___X____ DENY APPLICATION BOARD DETERMINATION/RECOMMENDATION: The evidence presented does not demonstrate the existence of a probable error or injustice. Therefore, the Board determined that the overall merits of this case are insufficient as a basis for correction of the records of the individual concerned. _______ _ X_____ ___ 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. ABCMR Record of Proceedings (cont) AR20120019478 3 ARMY BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS 1 ABCMR Record of Proceedings (cont) AR20120019478 2 ARMY BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS 1