MLM 110 - The Department of Defense (DoD) Discharge Appeal Review Board (DARB)

The Department of Defense (DoD) Discharge Appeal Review Board (DARB) 

DARB affords Service members the opportunity to request an  upgrade to the characterization of a discharge or dismissal that  was not granted by their Service Discharge Review Board (DRB) and the  Board of Corrections of Military/Naval Records (BCM/NR). 

** Note that the DARB only applies to discharges or dismissals with a date on or after December 20, 2019. 

• For a discharge or dismissal dated on or after December 20, 2019,  through December 31, 2020, a request for relief must be submitted on or  before January 1, 2022, or within 365 calendar days of receipt of the  BCM/NR decision, whichever is later. A request filed later than this  date is untimely and may be denied by the DARB on that basis.
• For a discharge or dismissal date on or after January  1, 2021, a request for relief must be submitted within 365 calendar days  of the date of receipt of the BCM/NR decision. A request filed more  than 365 calendar days after the date of the respective BCM/NR decision  is untimely and may be denied by the DARB on that basis.

Department of Defense (DoD) Discharge Appeal Review Board (DARB)       https://afrba-portal.cce.af.mil/#resources

Department of Defense (DoD) Discharge Appeal Review Board (DARB) Application Instructions       https://afrba-portal.cce.af.mil/#application-submission-darb

The current governing instruction for the DARB process is in the Deputy Secretary of Defense “ Memorandum, dated 29 January 2021 ”   

https://afrba-portal.cce.af.mil/app/assets/DOD_SECTION_523.pdf