Docket No: 2382-18
Ref: Signature date 

Dear 

 
This letter 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 that the evidence submitted 
was insufficient to establish the existence of probable material error or injustice. Consequently, 
your application has been denied. 
 
Although your application was not filed in a timely manner, the Board found it in the interest of 
justice to waive the statute of limitations and consider your application on its merits. A three-
member panel of the Board, sitting in executive session, considered your application on 
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, as well as applicable statutes, regulations, and policies. 

You enlisted in the Navy on According to the information in your record, on 
in a page 13 counseling entry, you acknowledged in writing that you were being 
discharged from the Navy “due to pregnancy,” and that may have been waiving any rights you 
had “concerning a medical board or disability benefits in regard to [your] diagnosed medical 
condition of asthma.” As a result, you received an honorable discharge and were assigned a 
narrative reason for separation as “Pregnancy/Childbirth” and a reentry code of RE-3B. 
Although the Board lacked your entire service record, the Board relied on the presumption of 
regularity that you were notified of the recommendation that you would be discharged by reason 
of pregnancy/childbirth. Your commanding officer (CO) recommended an honorable 
characterization of service due to pregnancy/childbirth. The discharge authority approved this 
recommendation and directed an honorable discharge. On you were so 
discharged. As stated previously, the Board relies on a presumption of regularity to support the 
official actions of public officers and, in the absence of substantial evidence to rebut the 
presumption, to include evidence submitted by the Petitioner, the Board presume that you were 
properly discharged from the Navy. 

The Board carefully weighed all potentially mitigating factors in your case, including your 
contention that your narrative reason for separation should have read “asthma” on your 
Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty (DD Form 214). However, the Board 
found that these factors were insufficient to warrant changing your narrative reason for 
separation. 

Regarding your contention that your narrative reason for separation should have read “asthma” 
on your DD Form 214, the Board noted that the record contains documented evidence which is 
contrary to your contention. Your service record clearly shows that on you 
specifically acknowledged in writing that you “understand that I am being discharged from the 
United States Navy due to pregnancy.” The Board also noted that Navy regulations authorize the 
narrative reason for separation you received when Sailors are voluntarily discharged for 
pregnancy/childbirth. 

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. 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.