Docket No: 3434-20 
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.  After careful and conscientious consideration of the entire record, the Board for Correction of Naval Records (Board) found the evidence submitted was insufficient to establish the existence of probable material error or injustice.  Consequently, your application has been denied. 

Although your application was not filed in a timely manner, the Board found it in the interest of justice to waive the statute of limitations and consider your application on its merits.  A three-member panel of the Board, sitting in executive session, considered your application on 21 May 2020.  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, as well as applicable statutes, regulations, and policies. 
You enlisted in the Naval Reserve on 31 January 2006. During your time in the Naval Reserve, you were on active duty from 23 March 2007 to 26 December 2007 and 27 June 2008 to 1 August 2009. For each period of active service, you were issued a Certificate of Release or 1 January 2011, the Chief of Naval Personnel authorized your transfer to Retired Reserve Status. The Board is only authorized to consider applications for name changes to a Petitioner’s DD Form 214 to correct an error or an injustice.  Since a DD Form 214 is not a “living” document that is updated with subsequent changes and because your name at the time of discharge from active service was “ ,” the Board did not find evidence of an error or injustice that warrants changing your name to ” on your DD Form 214. 

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.