DRB DIGEST/EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 
DRB DOCKET 2015-003

NAME•
SA
CURRENT DD-214
Honorable, COMDTINST M l 000.6A,12-B-6, JFX, Unsuitability, RE4
RELIEF REQUESTED
Change Reenlistment code
RELIEF GRANTED 
BYDRB
SPD code to JFY, RE-30, Adjustment Dis order
ADMIN
CORRECTIONS
None

TIS
0 yrs, 7 months, 20 days
Policy Implications
None

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:

The applicant was discharged for Personality Disorder in early 2003. The service record was absent of any 
medical diagnosis or discharge memorandum to specifically cite the reasons for the discharge.

Without this information and based on the limited data at hand, the applicant's record may better support an 
adjustment disorder, however, the Coast Guard did not adopt the usage of SPD code JFY, Adjustment Disorder 
until April of 2009, when ALCOAST 252/09 was authorized to remove the lifelong stigma of a Personality 
disorder describing the Narrative Reason for separation. The applicant's  record  shows  no lost  time or 
Misconduct.

The Board recommends that the applicant's narrative reason for discharge be changed to "Adjustment 
Disorder" with SPD code "JFY". Additionally, in the absence of any misconduct or negative information in the 
applicant's scant record, the Board finds no justification for the more restrictive RE-4 and recommends that the 
applicant's RE code be upgraded to RE-30.

An RE3 reentry code is not an affirmative recommendation for reenlistment, rather it represents that the 
applicant is not recommended for reenlistment due to a disqualifying factor. Based upon the policies and needs 
of the gaining Service, the RE3 code may be waived. An REI is not appropriate or authorized for adjustment 
disorders.

Propriety:	Discharge was proper.
Equity:	Discharge was NOT equitable.
Final Adjudication by Assistant Commandant for Human Resources: Concur with Board. The following 
relief is granted:

DD-214 Item
Board Decision
24. Discharge
No Change
25. Authority
No Change
26. Separation Code
JFY
27. Re-entry Code
RE3G
28. Narrative Reason
Adjustment Disorder