Docket No: 4759-20 
Ref: Signature Date 
 
 
Dear :  
 
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 was 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 for Correction of Naval Records, sitting in executive session, considered your application on 21 September 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, and applicable statutes, regulations, and policies. 
  
You enlisted in the Navy and began a period of active duty on 14 January 1999.  On 26 May 1999, you were diagnosed with Adjustment Disorder and Depressed Mood and occupational problems.  Thereafter, you were returned to the command and found fit for full duty.  On 2 June 1999, you returned to the psychiatry clinic with suicidal thoughts and you were recommended for administrative separation.  On 14 June 1999, you returned for a third time to the psychiatric clinic complaining of anxiety, depression and stress.  Subsequently, administrative separation action by reason of Psychiatric Evaluation, was initiated against you.  On 23 June 1999, you waived counsel and statements.  On 6 July 1999, your Commanding Officer recommended you be administratively separated with an Entry-Level separation.  On 9 July 1999, you were administratively separated with an Entry-Level separation. 
 
You have requested an upgrade of your discharge. You said you served in the Navy for about seven months when, due to medical reasons, you were discharged with a General discharge.  You assert that this is an improper characterization of your service as you were on honor guard, the class leader and on your way to graduating at the top of your class when you were diagnosed unfit and separated from duty.  The Board concluded these factors and assertions were not sufficient to warrant a change to your discharge status, given your record.  In rendering its decision, the Board noted you were administratively separated with an Entry-Level separation, not a General discharge. 
  
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 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.   
 
 Sincerely,