Docket No. 7240-20
 
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. 
 
A three-member panel of the Board, sitting in executive session, considered your application on 22 April 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 application, together with all material submitted in support thereof, relevant portions of your naval record and applicable statutes, regulations and policies.  In addition, the Board considered the advisory opinion contained in Navy Personnel Command memorandum 1430 PERS 8031/0341 of 8 December 2020 and your response to the opinion.   
    
You requested to correct Time in Rate (TIR) to 16 December 1982.  The Board, in its review of your entire record and application, carefully weighed all potentially mitigating factors, to include your assertions.  The Board concluded that your initial time in rate for E5 was 16 December 1982; however, on 16 February 1988 the Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Manpower and Reserve Affairs approved your College Program disenrollment and discharge from the U.S. Naval Reserve without being called to active enlisted service.  On 18 March 1988 you enlisted in the Naval Reserve in pay grade E5.  Your DD Form 1966, Record of Military Processing – Armed Forces of the United States, date of grade reflects “880318”; your Electronic Service Record indicates the same.  In this connection, the Board disagreed with the comments concerning your TIR contained in the advisory opinion but concurred with their comments concerning a change of TIR would not change the outcome for advancement. 
 
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, 
5/13/2021
Deputy Director