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 relevant portions of your naval record and your application, 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 8 October 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 and applicable statutes, regulations and policies.  In addition, the Board considered the advisory opinion contained in Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps memo 7220 MRA of 29 January 2020; a copy of which was previously provided to you for comment. 
 
In accordance with the Joint Travel Regulations (JTR), Proportional Meal Rate (PMR) applies when either: A Service member is lodged in adequate Government quarters or an ILPP facility on a U.S. installation and one or two meals are available and directed in a Government dining facility on that installation. PMR for available meals must be directed in the travel authorization, or one or two deductible meals are provided at Government expense and at no cost to the traveler (for example, as part of a registration fee or conference fee) and the individual is not traveling. The PMR does not apply when the traveler is traveling. 
 
Program Manager, TECOM Formal Schools Straining Support (FSTS) notified you of Temporary Duty Travel Funding for Formal Schools Training and that government quarters were directed.  If government quarters were not available a statement of non-availability (SNA) must be obtained from the government lodging facility.  Government meals were directed. The detaching endorsement must provide justification for any meal rate in lieu of the government meal rate (GMR).  

You requested the GMR paid to you while on Temporary Additional Duty (TAD) to   from 6 January 2019 to 22 March 2019 be changed to a PMR; 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 per the JTR the payment of GMR was the appropriate amount.  In this connection, the Board substantially concurred with the comments contained in the advisory opinion. 
 
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.   
 
      Sincerely,