Dear  
 
This is in reference to your application 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 application, 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 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 25 February 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 the 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.  The Board also considered the 7 January 2020 advisory opinion (AO) furnished by the Marine Corps Performance Evaluation Review Board (PERB), which was previously provided to you.  Although you were afforded an opportunity to submit a rebuttal, you did not do so. 
 
The Board carefully considered your request to modify your fitness report for the reporting period 1 June 2012 to 30 September 2012.  The Board considered your contention that your reporting senior (RS) would like to update the contested report in order to rectify an administrative error in his profile.  You also assert that correcting your report will positively impact your future career opportunities. 
 
The Board, however, substantially concurred with the AO and the PERB’s finding that the report is valid as written and filed, in accordance with the applicable Performance Evaluation System (PES) Manual.  In this regard, the Board noted that it is not unusual for early reports in a profile to be later eclipsed as a profile expands, and that this profile phenomena is by design and fundamental to the PES process.  Thus, per PES Manual guidance, no mechanism exists to “reset” a profile.  Moreover, grades are earned, not given to attain a report average or relative value, and the perceived competitiveness of a report’s relative value or comparative assessment mark is not a basis for removing or modifying a report.  The Board thus concluded that there is no probable material error, substantive inaccuracy, or injustice warranting corrective action. 
 
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,