DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF NAVAL RECORDS 701 S. COURTHOUSE ROAD, SUITE 1001 ARLINGTON, VA 22204-2490 Docket No: 1874-16 13979-96 APR 17 2017 Dear This is in reference to your recent reconsideration request. You previously petitioned the Board and were advised in our letter of7 November 1996 that your application had been denied. Your case was reconsidered in accordance with Board for Correction ofNaval Records procedures that conform to Lipsman v. Secretary ofthe Army, 335 F. Supp. 2d 48 (D.D.C 2004). Your current request has been carefully examined by a three-member panel ofthe Board for Correction ofNaval Records, sitting in executive session on 18 January 2017. Documentary material considered by the Board consisted ofyour Application for correction ofMilitary Record (DD Form 149), any material submitted in support ofyour application, and your prior case file. After careful and conscientious consideration ofthe entire record, the Board determined your DD Form 149 and letter, even though not previously considered by the Board, was insufficient to establish the existence ofmaterial error or injustice. The Board determined your contentions that you should have been given an honorable separation for the period of28 September 1987 to 27 September 1991, that you never used marijuana, and you did not knowingly have the bottle of alcohol on board ship, were not enough to outweigh the significant misconduct you committed while on active duty. In regard to your contentions, the Board noted that you voluntarily agreed to extend your enlistment contract for 25 months. An extension is not a reenlistment, it is a continuation ofthe original contract, and therefore your characterization ofservice was based on the entire time served on your enlistment contract. Further the Board noted that there is no evidence in your record and you submitted none to support your contentions that you never used marijuana and that the bottle ofalcohol was not yours. Accordingly, your application has been denied. It is regretted that .the circumstances ofyour reconsideration petition are such that favorable action cannot be taken again. You are entitled to have the Board reconsider its decision upon the submission ofnew and material evidence. New evidence is evidence not previously considered by the Board. In the absence ofsufficient new and material evidence for reconsideration, the decision ofthe Board is final, and your only rec