Nieves v. United States

OPINION AND ORDER

WHEELER, Judge.

Second Lieutenant Jim Carlos Ruiz Nieves (“LT Ruiz”) seeks review of the Army Board for Correction of Military Records’ (“ABCMR”) decision on remand denying him back pay associated with the corrections of his military records. LT Ruiz was disenrolled from the Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (“ROTC”) program, thus preventing him from entering active service. The Army later reinstated him and LT Ruiz successfully sought the correction of his military records. However, the ABCMR declined to award LT Ruiz back pay because he had not been in active service…