I applied to the AFBCMR Jan15 asking for them to change my discharge reason of Personality Disorder. My in-service diagnosis was Acute Stress Disorder, but my command gave me a quick and dirty involuntary Personality Disorder discharge (I did not have any PD diagnosis) just days after I got out of the hospital, presumably to get me out before the temporary ASD diagnosis became the permanent PTSD. I was in no condition to fight it, and was kicked out and on a plane home by the end of that week. Since then the VA has rated me 100% service connected for ptsd and medical.
April16 I got the approval letter that in Dec15 the AFBCMR decided to change my discharge reason to "secretarial authority". The letter says that the office responsible for making the correction will inform me when my records have been changed. And that after correction my records will be reviewed by DFAS to determine if I am entitled to any monetary benefits as a result of the correction of records.
I'm 16 months into the BCMR process and now wondering what happens next. And wondering if "secretarial authority" is a placeholder of some kind, or is that going to be what goes on my new DD214? Does it sound like this is going through a medical discharge process, or did they just give me some kind of administrative discharge upgrade? And how long does this last bit usually take? My letter says to expect some delay, so I'm assuming... a while.
I'm so glad to find this board. Just wish I'd found it sooner!
April16 I got the approval letter that in Dec15 the AFBCMR decided to change my discharge reason to "secretarial authority". The letter says that the office responsible for making the correction will inform me when my records have been changed. And that after correction my records will be reviewed by DFAS to determine if I am entitled to any monetary benefits as a result of the correction of records.
I'm 16 months into the BCMR process and now wondering what happens next. And wondering if "secretarial authority" is a placeholder of some kind, or is that going to be what goes on my new DD214? Does it sound like this is going through a medical discharge process, or did they just give me some kind of administrative discharge upgrade? And how long does this last bit usually take? My letter says to expect some delay, so I'm assuming... a while.
I'm so glad to find this board. Just wish I'd found it sooner!