IN THE CASE OF: BOARD DATE: 30 January 2018 DOCKET NUMBER: AR20170007063 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: * showing the applicant applied for Dental Additional Special Pay (DASP) for the for the prorated period from 22 August 2016 through 14 April 2017 and her contract was timely received and processed by the appropriate office * paying her any DASP due as a result of this correction. 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. IN THE CASE OF: BOARD DATE: 30 January 2018 DOCKET NUMBER: AR20170007063 BOARD VOTE: Mbr 1 Mbr 2 Mbr 3 :RCJ :DRA :RAH GRANT FULL RELIEF : : : GRANT PARTIAL RELIEF : : : GRANT FORMAL HEARING : : : DENY APPLICATION 2 Enclosures 1. Board Determination/Recommendation 2. Evidence and Consideration IN THE CASE OF: BOARD DATE: 30 January 2018 DOCKET NUMBER: AR20170007063 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 correction of her records to show she was eligible and approved for the Dental Additional Special Pay (DASP) for the period from 21 August 2016 through 14 April 2017. 2. The applicant states she did not receive this annual bonus DASP. This is an error because the agreement should have been completed on 21 August 2016. Her new incentive pay (IP) agreement was never executed during her period of reassignment to Germany. She was told the IP would be added to her new agreement. The DASP incentive was not added. She should have received a prorated DASP for the period from 21 August 2016 through 14 April 2017. Her new agreement was only for the DASP from 12 April 2017. 3. The applicant provides her Request for Health Professions Officer Incentive Pay Agreement, dated 28 April 2017. CONSIDERATION OF EVIDENCE: 1. The applicant was appointed in the U.S. Army Reserve, Dental Corps, as a second lieutenant on 5 May 2003. She entered active duty on 1 July 2003. She served in a variety of assignments and she attained the rank of lieutenant colonel (LTC). 2. During the period in question, she was assigned to the U.S. Army Dental Clinic, Fort Campbell, KY. 3. The applicant provided her Request for Health Professions Officer Incentive Pay (HPOIP) Agreement, dated 28 April 2017. 4. On 17 August 2017, an advisory opinion was provided by the Chief, Army Medical Department (AMEDD) Special Pay Branch, Office of The Surgeon General (OTSG). The OTSG official stated: a. The applicant is requesting retroactive payment of a DASP agreement for the prorated period 21 August 2016-14 April 2017. She indicated her DASP agreement was never executed during a period of relocating to Germany, and was incorrectly told the DASP payment would be added to a new Incentive Pay agreement. b. A review of special pay and finance records indicates officer last executed and received payment for an annual DASP agreement at $15,000/year effective 22 August 2015-21 August 2016. There is no record of a created, executed, command approved, processed, or paid DASP effective 22 August 2016. She is currently under the HPOIP effective 13 April 2017, which replaced the DASP agreement. c. Officers must bear responsibility for their part of the agreement preparation, to include their inquiry as to eligibility, requesting agreement to be initiated, and executing the agreement by signature up to 90 days in advance or within 30-days after effective date; otherwise, the effective date must be reestablished as date of signature. All agreements executed outside of the policy for signature date or received outside the funded fiscal year, are returned without action. d. She was eligible for a DASP agreement at $15,000/year, and specifically for the prorated period 22 August 2016-12 April 2017 between her last DASP and new HPO IP agreements. The prorated 231 day period totals approximately $9,625 prior to any withholding. The exact payment would be determined by the Defense Finance and Accounting Service – Indianapolis (DFAS–IN). e. In accordance with Army Regulation (AR) 37-104-4 (Military Pay and Allowances Policy), dated 8 June 2005, chapter 20 - Settlement Actions Resulting from Correction of Records by the Army Board for Correction of Military Records (ABCMR); only the Director, DFAS–IN may make settlement actions affecting the military pay accounts of soldiers as a result of correction of records by the ABCMR per provisions of AR 15–185 (ABCMR). Therefore, any ABCMR relief granted should be addressed for action to the Corrections- Claims Section, DFAS–IN. 5. The advisory opinion was forwarded to the applicant for acknowledgment and comment. In her response, dated 5 September 2017, the applicant stated she agreed with the dates (22 August 2016 through 12 April 2017) and the set forth amount ($9,625.00) due to her that was stated in the advisory opinion. DISCUSSION: The applicant's indicates there may have been some confusion over her IP eligibility at the time she was transitioning to an assignment in Germany. The advisory official notes the applicant was fully eligible for a DASP agreement at $15,000.00/year, and specifically for the prorated period 22 August 2016 through 12 April 2017 between her last DASP and the new agreement. //NOTHING FOLLOWS// ABCMR Record of Proceedings (cont) AR20170007063 2 ARMY BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS ABCMR Record of Proceedings (cont) AR20170007063 3 ARMY BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Enclosure 2