DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY 

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

Docket No. 7754-18 
Ref: Signature Date 

Dear 
This is in reference to your application for correction of your naval record pursuant to the 
provisions of 10 USC 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 for Correction of Naval Records, sitting in executive session, 
considered your application on 6 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. 

A review of your record shows you entered active duty with the Navy in December 2014 and 
served until your discharge for condition not a disability on 18 April 2017. You were rated by 
the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for an adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and 
depressed mood with cannabis use upon your discharge. 

The Board carefully considered your arguments that you deserve a disability retirement based on 
the VA’s decision to grant you a service connected disability rating for your adjustment disorder. 
Unfortunately, the Board disagreed with your rationale for relief. Department of Defense 
disability regulations exclude adjustment disorders from the definition of a disability for military 
disability benefits purposes. While chronic adjustment disorder diagnoses are considered 
qualifying disability conditions under the same regulations, the Board found no evidence you 
were diagnosed with a chronic adjustment disorder. Accordingly, the Board determined your 
VA rated disability condition does not qualify as a disability under current regulations and you 
were properly discharged for a condition not a disability. Therefore, the Board found insufficient 
evidence of error or injustice to warrant a change to your record. 

It is regretted that the circumstances of your case are such that favorable action cannot be taken 
at this time. You are entitled to have the Board reconsider its decision upon the submission of 
new and material evidence. New evidence is evidence not previously 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. 

 Sincerely, 

6/10/2019