Army Revlew Boards
Agency
Assistant Secretary of the
Army
(Manpower and Reserve
AfFairs)
2010/12/01
Serving Soldiers, Veterans, and their Families,
with Justice, Equity, and Compassion
* Acts for the Secretary of the Army
* Highest administrative levei for review of
personnei actions taken by lower ieveis of the
Army
* Correct errors and injustices
* Poiicy oversight of Army Prisons and Law
Enforcement
* 15 Boards
- 140 personnei required (122 Civ, 18 Mii)
plus 115 DA civilian volunteer ABCMR Board
Members
* Issues decisions based on recommendations
from the DoD Physical Disability Board of Review
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ARMY REVIEW BOARDS AGENCY
CONGRESSIONALS
/SPECIAL ACTIONS
MR. SCHWEIGERT
DEPUTY DIRECTOR
MR. SHATZER
2010/12/01
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General Procedures
for Military Boards
1. SoldierA^eteran/Family Member submits an
2. reviews appiication, obtains military
records and advisory opinions (if appropriate), and
analyzes the case:
Boards are not investigative bodies
Appiicant bears the burden of proof
Presumption of administrative regularity
Some cases are administratively closed if not
3. Statf’IVâRg^^n d case materials are submitted to
administratively
4. Board determinations transmitted to the
appiicant and,
if appiicable, to the appropriate Army staff
Office for implementation
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Army Board for
Correction
Board of 3 DA Senior Civilian
Employees
The highest administrative board In the
Army
established by Titie 10 U.S. Code section
Awar 1552 to
Sepai c:orrect errors and i
Prom TGCords.
- Admjni^atjye** Supreme
Retirements
Disabilities
Evaluation Repoi
Pay and AIlowance?
Survivor Benefît Plans
Homes of Record
Titling Decisions
Clemency Petitions
Memoranda of
2(Rf/§fĂn)and
15,913 Cases in
FYIO
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Mîlitary Review Boards
• Army Discharge Review Board (ADRB)
• Army Grade Determination Review Board
(AGDRB)
• Army Board of Review for Eliminations
• Army Ad Hoc Board
• Army Active Duty Board fOTRA Officers)
• Eniisted Special Review Board fESRB)
• Officer Special Review Board fOSRB)
• DA Suitability Evaluation Board (DASEB)
• DA Conscientious Objector Review Board
(DACORB)
• Army Physical Disability Appeal Board
• Army Physical Disability Review Board
• Army Disability Ratinq Review Board
7nin/i7rn ilnterment. Inurnment. & Memorialization
Review Board (IIMRB)
rmy Discharge Review Board
Board of 5 Colonels/Lieutenant
Colonels
* Established by Titie 10 U.S. Code Section 1553
to
review discharges of former Soldiers:
- For propriety and equity in the Army in
generai
- 15-year statute of iimitations
- Exciudes GCM discharges and disabiiity
separations
* Recurring Themes:
- Burden of Proof is the appiicant's
responsibiiity
- Compieteness of appiications
* Factors commoniy consi**
- PTSD
20M)|istflated Misconduct
- Discharae characterization too harsh
3,429 Cases
FYIO
in
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Grade Determination and
Officer Separation Boards
Board of 3 Colonels/Lieutenant
Colonels
Army Graae uererminanon Keview Cases
Determines highest grade in which a m( FYIO
satisfactorily:
- Eniisted Soldiers/warrant officers after serving
30 total years on active and retired lists
- Officer grade at time of retirement
- At separation for disability
33 Cases
Army Board of Review for Elimine
Reviews records and briefs of officers who have been
recommended for elimination for misconduct or
substandard performance by Boards of Inquiry in the
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Grade Determination and
Officer Separation Boards
Board of 3 Colonels/Lieutenant
Colonels
• Army Ad Hoc Boi 167 Cases
- Officer resignation: FYIJ) ţ||e service
in iieu of generai court-martiai
- Resignations/discharges in iieu of eiimination
- Probationary officer eiimination cases
• Army Active Duty Board (OTRA Of o Cases
Reviews officiai fiies of Other Than Reguiar FYIO
(OTRA) officers who are recommended for reiease
from active duty for misconduct or performance
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Eniist
Other Military Review Boards
Board of
3 Colonels / Lieutenant Colonels(P) / Sergeants
Major
ijpc\.icii rvcvicw ţJKJa i 209 CaS6S în
- Eniisted Evaluation Appeals and pr FYIO
reconsideration 141 Cases in
Officer Special Review Board (O! fyio
- Officer Evaiuation Appeais and promo' 533 Cases in
reconsideration FYIO
DA Suitability Evaluation Board (D^ 27 Cases in
- Unfavorabie information Appeais and FYIO
DA Conscientious Objector Review Board
(DACORB)
Category 1-0 = separatî^n
Category 1 -A-O = reassi^..
coiffMit^t duties
915 Cases in FYIO
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DisabiUty Boards
Board of 3 Colonels/Lieutenant
Colonels ( 1-2 Medical Corps)
* Army Physical Disability Appeal Board
Adjudicates disability ratings given active
duty Soldiers
in the disability pipeline referred from the
Physical
Disability Agency
* Army Physical Disability Review Board
Reviews claims by officers retired or released
from
active duty without pay for physical disability;
15 year limitation
* Army Disability Rating Review Board
Hears petitions from re 1 Case Total in ed
2010 /djegs than FY09 i
five years) for relief pertaining to percentage
nterment, Inurnme
and Memorialization
Review Board (UMRB)
Board of 5 Senior Civilian or Military Members
1 Case in FYIO
* Recommends whether the Secretary of the Army
shouid deny interment, inurnment, or
memoriaiization at (primariiy) Ariington Nationai
Cemetery to certain Veterans who may have
committed a capitai crime as defined by 38 USC
2411
* Hearings wiii usuaiiy invoive personai
appearances by one or more of the deceased's
reiatives
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BO.
rmy demency and Parole Board
1 Civilian Chairman, 3 Colonels/Lt Colonels/Sr
Civilians,
1 Legal Advisor
Supervised
Release, and supervision violations for eligible Army
inmates 752 Cases in FYIO
under mie lu ubc ^Karole) and ‘ ^74
(Clemency)
1194 Army inmates in miiitary prisons in
Kuwait, Germany, Korea, contract faciiiti
and in Federai Prisons
Interfaces with:
U.S. Paroie Commission
Administrative Offices of U.S. C
The Federai Bureau of Prisons
Councii
ision)
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DoD Correctional Facilities
Army Review Boards Agency
Online Resources
• ARBA Website: http://arba.army.pentagon.mîl
- Information on ARBA Boards
- Frequently Asked Questions and Answers; ABCMR Appiicant's
Guide
- Application Procedures and printable DD Form 149 and DD Form
293
- ONLINE APPLICATION!!
• Online Application: http://actsonlme.army.mn
- Appiy electronically to ABCMR and ADRB
- Guides appiicants through the process and provides heips
- Signature page is printed at the end of the oniine appiication,
signed and mailed with supporting documents
- Appiicants can check appiication status oniine using the Internet
• ARBA Case Tracking System (ACTS)
- Case tracking and management
• ARBA Intranet - Shareportal
- Single source for ARBA staff resources and information
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FY 10 Prioritles
* Meet and exceed Congressional Mandate for
Processing time for cases
* Undertake BRAC movements with minimal disruption
* Support Secretary of the Army and ASA (M&RA)
priorities
- proactive legislative and regulatory changes to
improve our Services
* Continuous business process analysis and
improvements
* Trend analysis of cases and systemic corrective
actions
* Outreach and responsiveness to Congress,
Veterans' Organizations, and Army Commands
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Army Review Boards
Agency
Serving Soldiers, Veterans, and their
FamiUes,
with Justice, Equity, and Compassion
2010/12/01
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