DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY 

BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF NAVAL RECORDS 
701 S. COURTHOUSE ROAD, SUITE 1001 
ARLINGTON, VA 22204-2490 

Docket No. 1230-16 
AUG 11 2016 

Dear , 

This is in reference to your application for correction of your naval record pursuant to the 
provisions of 10 USC 1552. 

A three-member panel ofthe Board for Correction ofNaval Records, sitting in executive session, 
considered your application on 22 June 2016. Your allegations of error and injustice were 
reviewed in accordance with administrative regulations and procedures applicable to the 
proceedings ofthis Board. Documentary material considered by the Board consisted of your 
application, together with all material submitted in support thereof, your naval record and 
applicable statutes, regulations and policies. 

After careful and conscientious consideration ofthe entire record, the Board found that the 
evidence submitted was insufficient to establish the existence ofprobable material error or 
injustice. Per the Joint Travel Regulation Chapter 10, Basic Allowance for Housing (BAH) is an 
entitlement while serving within the Continental United States (CONUS) and Overseas Housing 
Allowance (OHA) is an entitlement while serving outside CONUS (OCONUS). As you were 
provided family type government quarters while stationed OCONUS, no housing allowance was 
authorized. Upon vacating government quarters, a member would only be authorized OHA ifthe 
member obtained a lease off base and obtained approval via a DD Form 2367 from the local 
housing office. Upon member's departure from an OCONUS area, BAH-Transit (BAH-T) is 
authorized until check in at the new CO NUS duty location. Ifa member's dependents travel in 
advance of the member, as your spouse did on 29 May 2015, Secretarial Approval must be 
requested and approved in order for the member to receive BAH for the dependents location in 
CONUS. As you have not provided any documentation to support receiving Secretarial 
Approval for BAH at your dependents location, this is not authorized. Upon your departure from 
OCONUS, you were paid BAH-T from 7 July 2015 through 28 August 2015. However, your 
supporting documentation shows that your departure date was not until 30 July 2015; therefore, 
you were overpaid BAH-T from 7 July 2015 through 29 July 2015. Effective 29 August 2015, 
you began receiving BAH based on your duty location. Accordingly, your application has been 
denied. The names and votes ofthe members ofthe panel will be furnished upon request. 

It is regretted that the circumstances ofyour case are such that favorable action cannot be taken. 
You are entitled to have the Board reconsider its decision upon submission of new and material 
evidence within one year from the date of the Board's decision. New evidence is evidence not 
previously considered by the Board prior to making its decision in your case. In this regard, it is 
important to keep in mind that a presumption ofregularity 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, 

Executive Director 
Acting