Docket No: 8697-19 
Ref: Signature Date 

This is in reference to your application for correction of your naval record pursuant to Title 10, United States Code, Section 1552. 
Your application was not filed in a timely manner. A three-member panel of the Board for Correction of Naval Records (Board), sitting in executive session, considered your application on 5 March 2020.  After careful consideration, the Board determined that it would not be in the interest of justice to excuse your failure to submit your application in timely manner. The names and votes of the Board members will be furnished upon request. 

You were discharged on 22 March 1985 with an under other than honorable conditions characterization of service.  According to your application you did not discover the alleged error or injustice in your record until you filed your application with this Board, on 4 September 2019, more than 34 years after your discharge. The Board determined your request for consideration is denied due to the length of time since your discharge and your lack of a reason why the Board should find it in the interest of justice to consider your application. 

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 the submission of new matters, which will require you to complete and submit a new DD Form 149.  New matters are those not previously presented to or 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.