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 the entire 
record, 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. 

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 case on its merits. A three-member 
panel of the Board for Correction of Naval Records, sitting in executive session, considered your 
application on 15 August 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 that you entered active duty with the Marine Corps on August 1977.
You reported to medical on August 1977 complaining of asthma symptoms and reported a preservice history of asthma symptoms. A medical board diagnosed you with preexisting asthma on August 1977 and recommended your administrative separation for erroneous enlistment. Based on your request to be separated, you were discharged on September 1977 for erroneous enlistment with an Honorable characterization of service. 

The Board carefully considered your arguments that you deserve a change to your narrative 
reason for separation to disability. You assert that your asthma condition was in remission for 
approximately six years prior to entering the Marine Corps. Unfortunately, the Board disagreed 
with your rationale for relief. According to SECNAVINST 1950.4, disability conditions 
documented to have existed prior to service will only be considered aggravated by service when 
the symptoms increase in severity beyond the natural progression of the condition. The Board 
considered whether your asthma increased in severity beyond the natural progression of the 
condition and found no evidence to support such a finding. You were processed by medical for 
complaints of shortness of breath, wheezing, and coughing: all normal symptoms of your asthma 
condition as of age 12 or 13 according to the August 1977 medical board report. Based on the 
medical board report, the Board determined that your condition was not aggravated by your brief 
period of active service since your symptoms remained the same as prior to your entry into the 
Marine Corps. Due to the finding that your asthma condition did not meet the definition for 
aggravation by service, the Board concluded that you were properly discharged for erroneous 
entry since your asthma condition should have disqualified you from enlistment. Accordingly, 
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. 
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.