Van Cleave v. United States

OPINION

HODGES, Judge.

Mr. Van Cleave was separated from the Navy for disability in July 1997 with a ten percent disability rating for migraine headaches. He received severance pay of $46,720.80. Plaintiff sought an adjustment in August 1999 from the Board for the Correction of Naval Records, to reflect a disability rating of at least thirty percent. The adjustment he requested would place him on the permanent disability.retirement list and entitle him to disability retirement pay rather than the severance payment he received upon discharge. The Board denied Van Cleave’s application for relief,…