Posted on Apr 17, 2016
What do you do when the Military had incorrect or no record of your service? I have been asked this multiple times.
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SPC Melonnie Covington-Pryor Submit DD Form 149, Application for Correction of Military Records to the relevant service branch.
The secretary of a military department, acting through a board for correction of military records, has authority to change any military record when necessary to correct an error or remove an injustice. A correction board may consider applications for correction of a military record, including a review of a discharge issued by courts martial.
The veteran, survivor or legal representative generally must file a request for correction within three years after discovery of an alleged error or injustice. The board may excuse failure to file within the prescribed time, however, if it finds it would be in the interest of justice to do so. It is an applicant’s responsibility to show why the filing of the application was delayed and why it would be in the interest of justice for the board to consider it despite the delay.
To justify any correction, it is necessary to show to the satisfaction of the board that the alleged entry or omission in the records was in error or unjust. Applications should include all available evidence, such as signed statements of witnesses or a brief of arguments supporting the requested correction. Application is made with DD Form 149, available at VA offices, from veterans organizations or from the Internet (http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/infomgt/forms/formsprogram.htm).
The secretary of a military department, acting through a board for correction of military records, has authority to change any military record when necessary to correct an error or remove an injustice. A correction board may consider applications for correction of a military record, including a review of a discharge issued by courts martial.
The veteran, survivor or legal representative generally must file a request for correction within three years after discovery of an alleged error or injustice. The board may excuse failure to file within the prescribed time, however, if it finds it would be in the interest of justice to do so. It is an applicant’s responsibility to show why the filing of the application was delayed and why it would be in the interest of justice for the board to consider it despite the delay.
To justify any correction, it is necessary to show to the satisfaction of the board that the alleged entry or omission in the records was in error or unjust. Applications should include all available evidence, such as signed statements of witnesses or a brief of arguments supporting the requested correction. Application is made with DD Form 149, available at VA offices, from veterans organizations or from the Internet (http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/infomgt/forms/formsprogram.htm).
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SFC Ethan Graves
Make copies of your paperwork submitted. You may have to submit again. Make sure to follow up. Good luck.
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The best advice I got came from my 1SG. He advised all soldiers to start an "I love me book". It is contain copy's of every set of orders, award school, etc. when I ETSd I went step farther and painstakingly made copy's of my medical records. To this day I still get copy's of the reports from the VA. Let's face it the government is great at loosing shit.
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SPC Enrique Estrella
i have my dd214 when i got out half of my records were missing, i went back to the base and they gave me the same records with half missing i put paper work to send to the records holding facility in i think it was st luis sorry dont remember the exact state it was in but even they only had half of my record the whole half can not be found even had a vet rep help me and i received the same records again with missing about half. after trying for 2 years i gave up. have no clue what else to do was pretty much told im out of luck.(please forgive the rambling)
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I would make sure you stay on top of this and get this corrected ASAP. While I was in I had a noncombat related injury which wasn't problem then. Years later and 3 surgeries later with another on the way the VA is telling me they can't locate my medical records to file for a disability claim which they are forcing me to do In order to continue to receive medical care thru the VA. I've learned you have to take charge of the situation and attack the situation as you would in the battlefield.
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SFC Nyla Newville
Now day local hospitals and clinic don't keep records for very long if you don't get copy's at the time they could be lost forever.
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MSgt Marvin Kinderknecht
I basically had the same problem only mine was worse. My records burned up in the St Louis fire. I wrote down everything I could and had it noteried. That was all I could do. Thank goodness I did have proff of combat time. My body went to hell afterward so, what happened in the Military was moot. Let THEM prove you wrong. Today you can put your records on disks. I advise all new troops to keep a record of ANYTHING the military does or tells you on paper. Heck, I might even tape some converstions. Take pictures. Even on the outside, somebody is taking a video of something--just ask the police.
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SGT Timothy Rocheleau
A little known VA rule is that if they can't prove it wasn't service connected the findings are automatically in the veterans favor. Took a ten year appeal for me to learn this fact.
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It's really too broad to get definitive. Is something missing from the record or is the DD-214 wrong? Depending on what it is, the local MIL HR office can fix some things while others require a Board of Correction. The HR office will have the correct process on hand.
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SPC Melonnie Covington-Pryor
One persons record is completely wrong they were active duty for 6 years and it has them NG for 60 days
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MSgt Marvin Kinderknecht
Maj Werner Saemmler-Hindrichs - Nobody reviewed mine. My neighbor told me this. he personally knew this SGT. The guy lost most of his platoon and was severely wounded. After discharge he bought a bowling alley which he ran for several years. One day the MP's showed up and arrested him for desertion. Naturally, they said, Tell it to the judge, we are just following orders. Well, he hired a good lawyer and sued for 5 mil and got it!! He bought a ranch in South Texas---which just happened to be over the Eagle Ford Shale-- and they discovered oil.. GOD IS GOOD.
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SFC Arthur Tucker
No one went over my last DD-214 with me since I had a lot of leave time saved and I sold all that was allowed and took the rest so I was not there for my retirement. They mailed it to me and it did have the wrong MOS but it was close and would not make any difference in my retirement so I never bothered to do anything about it. My primary MOS was 11F4SLA and they put 11B4S on my DD-214. Now that SF has been made a branch the new MOS is 18Z.
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