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 7 January 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.   
 
A review of your record shows that you entered active duty with the Marine Corps in July 2019.  After completing basic training and reporting to the School of Infantry, you were recommended for administrative separation for condition not a disability based on a back condition.  On 26 March 2020, you were discharged with an Honorable characterization of service for condition not a disability.  Post-discharge, you assert the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) denied you a service connection for your claimed disability conditions. 
 
The Board carefully considered your arguments that you deserve a change to your narrative reason for separation to disability based on your back and left lower extremity conditions that were incurred while on active duty.  Unfortunately, the Board disagreed with your rationale for relief.   
 
The Manual of the Medical Department describes circumstances which do not merit a referral to a medical board for referral to the Physical Evaluation Board (PEB).  Based on the premise that a medical impairment or physical defect standing alone does not constitute a physical disability, it goes on further to state that the inability to meet physical standards for specific assignments is one a circumstance that does not merit a medical board referral or referral to the PEB.  In your case, the Board noted that your prognosis for recovery from your back condition was placed at 3-9 months which disqualified you from completing the School of Infantry but would not have prevented you from performing other administrative duties in the Marine Corps.  Therefore, the Board concluded the preponderance of the evidence supports your administrative separation for condition not a disability since you were discharged at the convenience of the government based on your inability to continue your infantry training and not because you were unable to perform the duties of your office, grade, rank or rating.  Regarding the VA’s decision to deny you a service connection for your disability conditions, the Board concluded this was outside the scope of their review authority.  Your VA record is not a military record that falls under the Board’s statutory authority under Title 10, United States Code, Section 1552.  Accordingly, the Board found insufficient evidence of error or injustice to warrant a change to your record.   
 
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,