McFarlane v. Secretary of the Air Force

MEMORANDUM OPINION

ELLIS, District Judge.

This is an appeal from a decision of the Air Force Board for Correction of Military Records (“the Board”) denying as untimely Patsy McFarlane’s application for correction of her late husband’s military records. At issue is whether Ms. McFarlane’s application was filed “within three years after [s]he discovered] the error or injustice” in the military record, as required by 10 U.S.C. § 1552(b).

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Ms. McFarlane is the widow of Colonel Larimer C. McFarlane, a career Air Force officer who died in 1984. As a member of the armed services, Colonel McFarlane was…