Docket No: 7484-20 

Ref: Signature Date 

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 27 July 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, as well as the 15 October 2020 decision furnished by the Marine Corps Performance Evaluation Review Board (PERB), and 28 September 2020 advisory opinion (AO) provided to the PERB by the Manpower Management Division Records & Performance Branch (MMRP-30).  The PERB decision and AO were provided to you on 15 October 2020, and you were given 30 days in which to submit a response.  When you did not provide a response, your case was submitted to the Board for consideration.  
 
The Board carefully considered your request to remove your fitness report for the reporting period 6 June 2019 to 1 July 2020.  The Board considered your contentions that your attribute marks do not match your section I word picture and you were not counseled on your fitness report.  You claim that you were graded unfairly due to a disagreement with your reporting senior (RS) and your RS failed to submit your award recommendation to prevent your contested fitness report from being commendatory.   
 
The Board, however, substantially concurred with the PERB decision and AO that your fitness report is valid and should be retained as filed.  In this regard, the Board noted that the Marine Corps Performance Evaluation System (PES) Manual does not provide a scale to match attribute marks with section I comments and your reviewing officer concurred with your RS’s comments and evaluation of your performance.  The Board found no evidence that your performance and conduct warranted higher marks than you received and you provided none.  The Board determined that the PES Manual does not require counseling, a personality conflict or purported disagreement is not a basis to remove your contested fitness report and a fitness report is not commendatory until the personal award is actually received.  Accordingly, the Board 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 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, 

8/14/21


Executive Director