It is the member's responsibility to gather documentation supporting the appeal and submit it with the application, officials said. For OPR and EPR appeals, the original rater, additional rater and indorser, if applicable, should sign a corrected report and explain how the error happened in processing or completing the original report. If an appeal adds to or changes the text, raters and indorsers should say what they know now that they didn't know at the time they prepared the report, officials said. For PRF appeals, both the original senior rater and management level evaluation board president must support changes to the evaluation of a potential section or an upgraded promotion recommendation. They also should complete a new PRF and explain why they believe the changes are warranted.
Members submit an appeal through their military personnel flight.
The appeal board usually makes a decision within 30 days. The board doesn't consider appeals on reports more than three years old. For more information, members can see Air Force Instruction 36-2401, Appealing Officer and Enlisted Evaluation Reports. To appeal a report that is more than three years old or one that was denied, members can contact the Air Force Board for Correction of Military Records. Congress created the board to afford military people an appeal mechanism outside their chain of command, officials said.