From: Chairman, Board for Correction of Naval Records 

To: Secretary of the Navy 

Subj: REVIEW OF NAVAL RECORD 

Ref: 
(a) 10 U.S.C. §1552 
(b) Joint Travel Regulations 

Encl: 
(1) DD Form 149 w/attachments 
(2) Subject’s naval record 

1. Pursuant to the provisions of reference (a) Subject, hereinafter referred to as Petitioner, filed 
enclosure (1) with this Board requesting, in effect, that the applicable naval record be corrected 
to show Petitioner was authorized reimbursement for a Do-It-Yourself (DITY) move. 

2. The Board, consisting of reviewed Petitioner’s 
allegations of error and injustice on 10 May 2019 and, pursuant to its regulations, determined 
that the corrective action indicated below should be taken on the available evidence of record. 
Documentary material considered by the Board consisted of the enclosures, relevant portions of 
Petitioner’s naval record, and applicable statutes, regulations and policies. 

3. The Board, having reviewed all the facts of record pertaining to Petitioner's allegations of 
error and injustice, finds as follows: 

a. Before applying to this Board, Petitioner exhausted all administrative remedies available 
under existing law and regulations within the Department of the Navy.

b. On 27 June 2018, Petitioner’s request to be placed in a leave awaiting separation was 
approved. 

c. On 26 October 2018, Petitioner was discharged for misconduct from the U.S. Marine Corps with a Honorable character of service. Furthermore, upon Petitioner’s separation form the Marine Corps he was issued orders authorizing entitled to the reimbursement of travel and transportation from his current Permanent Duty Station to his Home of Record. Moreover, he was entitled to household goods (HHG) with a standard document number of    . 

 d. On 20 December 2018, Managerial Accounting Division, Marine Corps Logistics Command, ,  informed Petitioner that there was no authority for reimbursement/incentive payment for anything that occurred prior to the issuance of the funded separation order. 

CONCLUSION 

Upon review and consideration of all the evidence of record, and especially in light of the 
contents of reference (b), the Board finds the existence of an injustice warranting the following 
corrective action. Petitioner was not properly advised concerning the Joint Travel Regulations 
exception to policy of transportation of HHG prior to the issuance of funded Separation Orders. 
The Board concluded that there was evidence that orders were forthcoming and that Petitioner’s 
intention to permanently relocate upon approval of his Leave Awaiting Separation was known by 
his command’s representatives. 

RECOMMENDATION 

In view of the above, the Board directs the following corrective action. 

Petitioner was advised by the approving official (AO) before the issuance of his orders that they 
would be issued. 

Petitioner agreed in writing to pay any additional costs incurred for transportation to another 
point required if the new permanent duty station (PDS) named in the order is different than that 
named in the AO’s statement. 

Petitioner agreed in writing to pay the entire transportation cost if a permanent change of station 
(PCS) order was not later issued to authorize the transportation. 

Note: Petitioner must submit his personally procured move (PPM) claim and a copy of this 
Board for Correction of Naval Records (BCNR) decision letter to the Assistance Chief of 
Staff/G8, Managerial Accounting Division, Household goods section (PPM),    for 
adjudication. Furthermore, settlement of claim is chargeable to the line of accounting on the 
Petitioner’s Official Separation Order (CO, HQBN, MCFC ltr 1800 IPAC dtd 26 Oct 18). 

4. It is certified that a quorum was present at the Board’s review and deliberations, and that the 
foregoing is a true and complete record of the Board’s proceedings in the above entitled matter. 

5. Pursuant to the delegation of authority set out in Section 6(e) of the revised Procedures of the 
Board for Correction of Naval Records (32 Code of Federal Regulation, Section 723.6(e)) and 
having assured compliance with its provisions, it is hereby announced that the foregoing 
corrective action, taken under the authority of reference (a), has been approved by the Board on 
behalf of the Secretary of the Navy.