DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY
BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF NAVAL RECORDS
						            2 NAVY ANNEX
WASHINGTON DC 20370-51 00

										JRE
Docket No. 07991-06
4 September 2007

Dear 

This is in reference to your application for correction of your naval record pursuant to the provisions of title 10 of the United States Code, section 1552.

A three-member panel of the Board for Correction of Naval Records, sitting in executive session, considered your application on 30 August 2007. Your allegations of error and injustice were reviewed in accordance with administrative regulations and procedures applicable to the proceedings of this Board. Documentary material considered by the Board consisted of your application, together with all material submitted in support thereof, your naval record and applicable statutes, regulations and policies.

After careful and conscientious consideration of the entire record, the Board found that the evidence submitted was insufficient to establish the existence of probable material error or injustice. In this connection, the Board concurred with the findings made in your case by the Combat Related Special Compensation Branch, Secretary of the Navy Council of Review Boards on 1 July 2006, that the osteoarthritis of your shoulders, arms, hands and fingers, and chronic low back strain, are not combat-related. The Board was not persuaded that the accident which occurred while you were assigned to VS-27 in the 1950’s was the cause of the disabilities that were rated by the Veterans Administration following your retirement in 1974. Accordingly, your application has been denied. The names and votes of the members of the panel will be furnished upon request.

It is regretted that the circumstances of your case are such that favorable action cannot be taken. You are entitled to have the Board reconsider its decision upon submission of new and material evidence or other matter not previously considered by the Board. In this regard, it is important to keep in mind that a presumption of regularity attaches to all official records. Consequently, when applying for a correction of an official naval record, the burden is on the applicant to demonstrate the existence of probable material error or injustice.

Sincerely,