3. A discharged U.S. Navy officer filed claims for back pay and reinstatement, claiming that he was wrongfully discharged after he refused, on religious grounds, to sign reenlistment papers that required him to use his social security number as his personal military identification number. He argued that the Navy erroneously listed his discharge as

“voluntary” and that in fact he was constructively discharged.

Should the officer be reinstated with back pay?

See Carmichael v. United States [298 F.3d 1367

(Fed. Cir. 2002)].