Dear 
 
This is in reference to your applications for correction of your naval record pursuant to Section 1552 of Title 10, United States Code.  After careful and conscientious consideration of relevant portions of your naval record and your applications, the Board for Correction of Naval Records (Board) found the evidence submitted insufficient to establish the existence of probable material error or injustice.  Consequently, your applications have been denied.     
 
A three-member panel of the Board, sitting in executive session, considered your applications on 28 May 2021.  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 applications, together with all material submitted in support thereof, relevant portions of your naval record, as well as applicable statutes, regulations, and policies.  The Board also considered the 9 September 2020 decisions by the Marine Corps Performance Evaluation Review Board (PERB) (the PERB Decisions) and the 10 and 13 July 2020 Advisory Opinions provided to PERB by the Manpower Management Division Records & Performance Branch (MMRP-30)(the AOs).  The PERB Decisions and the AOs were provided to you on 9 September 2020, and you were given 30 days in which to submit a response.  
 
The Board carefully considered your requests to remove the fitness report for the reporting period 1 August 2018 to 19 November 2018, modify the report for 1 June 2018 to 31 July 2018 by marking it as “non-observed”, and modify the report for 15 February 2019 to 30 April 2019 by marking it “non-observed.”  Specifically, the Board considered your contention the report for 1 August 2018 to 19 November 2018 should be removed because the numbers and the sections I and K comments “do not mirror or support one another.”  The Board also considered your contention the 1 June 2018 to 31 July 2018 report and the 15 February 2019 to 30 April 2019 report included markings and sections I and K comments that did not “match” because the attributes were “marked in a manner that ensured the report [would] be below, while simultaneously writing laudatory comments” which misled you to believe the reports were “good.”   
The Board, however, substantially concurred with the AOs.  In this regard, the Board determined the fitness report for 1 August 2018 to 19 November 2018, as modified by PERB on 9 September 2020, is valid and should remain in your record.  Further, the Board concluded you failed to state with specificity the errors or injustices in the reports for 1 June 2018 to 31 July 2018 and 15 February 2019 to 30 April 2019 and did not provide any supporting documentation.  Based on the available evidence, the Board concluded there was insufficient evidence of an error or injustice to warrant granting your requested relief.   
 
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. 
 
Sincerely, 

6/16/2021
Executive Director