DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY 

BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF NAVAL RECORDS 
701 S. COURTHOUSE ROAD, SUITE 1001 
ARLINGTON, VA 22204-2490 

Docket No: 1814-18 
Ref: Signature Date 

Dear 

This is in reference to your application for correction of your naval record pursuant to the 
provisions of Title 10, United States Code, Section 1552. After careful and conscientious 
consideration of the entire record, the Board found the evidence submitted was insufficient to 
establish the existence of probable material error or injustice. Consequently, your application 
has been denied. 

A three-member panel of the Board for Correction of Naval Records, sitting in executive session, 
considered your application on 23 January 2019. The names and votes of the members of the 
panel will be furnished upon request. 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, relevant portions of your naval record, and 
applicable statutes, regulations, and policies. 

The Board carefully considered your desire to adjust your date of rank (DOR) and lineal control 
number (LCN) in the grade of lieutenant colonel (LtCol) to the date and LCN you would have 
received if you had been selected by the Fiscal Year 2017 (FY17) USMC LtCol Promotion 
Selection Board (Promotion Board), with all associated backpay and allowances. The Board 
considered your contentions that (1) your challenged fitness report (FITREP) was modified to 
change your Reviewing Officer’s (RO) comparative assessment from “5” to “6” and your 
failures of selection (FOS) by the FY17 and FY18 Promotion Boards were removed from your 
official military personnel file, and you were subsequently selected for promotion to your current 
grade; and (2) you would have been selected by the FY17 Board but for the FITREP that was 
later modified by the Marine Corps Performance Evaluation Review Board. The Board, 
however, concluded that you provided insufficient information to show, more likely than not, 
that you would have been selected for promotion but for the unmodified RO comparative 
assessment in the contested FITREP. In this regard, the Board noted that the modification of 
your RO’s comparative assessment from “5” to “6” in the contested FITREP is insufficient, by 
itself, for the Board to conclude, more likely than not, that the FY17 or FY18 Board would have 
found your record competitive enough to have selected you for promotion at the time of those 
Boards. The Board also noted, relatedly, that your record before the FY19 Board that selected 
you included not only the corrected comparative assessment, but, perhaps more significantly, 
two more years of your performance evaluations and career experience. 

It is regretted that the circumstances of your case are such that favorable action cannot be taken 
at this time. You are entitled to have the Board reconsider its decision upon the submission of 
new and material evidence. New evidence is evidence 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, 

4/11/2019