Docket No: 10178-19 Ref: Signature date This letter is in reference to your application of 16 October 2019 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 2 March 2020. 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 and began a period of active duty on 19 August 1992. On 4 January 1994, you were counseled regarding prenatal care, hospitalization and post-natal care at DoD treatment facilities. Subsequently, an administrative action to separate you from the naval service was initiated by reason of pregnancy. On 24 January 1994, you waived your right to consult with counsel and submit statements on your own behalf. You also stated in writing that you did not object to the administrative separation. After being afforded all of your procedural rights, your case was forwarded to the separation authority for review. On 1 February 1994, you were discharged with an honorable characterization of service and a narrative reason of “pregnancy or child birth.” The Board carefully weighed all potentially mitigating factors in your case, including your desire to change the reason for your administrative separation to parenthood or hardship and your assertion that your spouse was at sea while being relocated from to . Finally, the Board considered your assertions that you had no family to help you cope and were unable to comply with the Family Care Act. However, the Board concluded that these factors and assertions were insufficient to warrant a change to your separation code. The Board also noted that you did not object to the administrative separation and waived your procedural rights in connection with your administrative separation. 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 the 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.