Dear   
 
This is in reference to your application for correction of your naval record pursuant to Title 10, United States Code, Section 1552.  After careful and conscientious consideration of the entire record, the Board for Correction of Naval Records (Board) found the evidence submitted was insufficient to establish the existence of probable material error or injustice.  Consequently, your application has been denied. 
 
A three-member panel of the Board for Correction of Naval Records, sitting in executive session, considered your application on 4 June 2019.  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.   
 
You requested to be advanced to E-5.  The Board, in its review of your entire record and application, carefully weighed all potentially mitigating factors, to include your assertions.  However, the Board concluded that BUPERSINST 1430.16F, paragraph 718 states  
“Personnel who participated in a Navy-wide rating examination or selected for advancement by a selection board during a tour of active duty and subsequently are released to inactive duty or discharged before the limiting date of advancement may be advanced…request for advancement determination must be submitted within 6 months of the date of affiliation/reenlistment in the 
Navy Reserve. Advancement determination is always based on the latest examination in which the individual participated.”  You were selected from Cycle 235 (March 2017) Navy Wide Advancement Examination (NWAE), and you were released from active duty on 26 June 2017.  You submitted a determination on 19 April 2018 (over 9 months later) and it was disapproved on 26 April 2018. 
 
It is regretted that the circumstances of your case are such that favorable action cannot be taken.  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.