Docket No: 10929-18 

 Ref: Signature Date 

Dear 

This letter is in reference to your application for correction of your naval record pursuant to the 
provisions of Title 10 United States Code, Section 1552. After careful and conscientious 
consideration of the entire record, the 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, 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, a 20 November 2018 advisory opinion 
(AO) furnished by the Performance Evaluation Review Board (PERB), an advocacy letter, as 
well as applicable statutes, regulations, and policies. 

The Board carefully considered your desire to remove the fitness report for the reporting period 
20 September 2006 to 6 January 2007 or modify the Reporting Senior (RS) portion of the report 
to not observed. The Board considered your contention that the report is a “welcome aboard” 
fitness report, which is “expressly forbidden” by the Performance Evaluation System Manual. 
You also content that this type of report is a technique to game the system and can ultimately 
hurt the institution. 

The Board considered your statement and advocacy letter submitted by the RS. The Board noted 
that the Reviewing Officer (RO) concurred with the RS’s observed marks and comments when 
the report was written. As such, the Board significantly agreed with the AO and determined, if 
the RS now believes he made an error, he should have obtained or attempted to obtain the RO’s 
support to modify the report. The Board found the evidence insufficient to justify removal or 
modification of the report. Therefore, it is the Board’s conclusion that the contested report is 
neither in error or unjust, thus the report will remain unchanged in your record. 

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.