Docket No: 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 application on its merits. A three- member panel of the Board, sitting in executive session, considered your application on 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, policies. You enlisted in the Navy and began a period of active duty on You served without disciplinary incident until when you received nonjudicial punishment for larceny and failure to obey an order/regulation. Your record is incomplete in that it also does not contain all of the documents pertaining to your administrative discharge but, based on your detaching performance evaluation and your Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty (DD Form 214), it appears the discharge authority directed that you be discharged with a general (under honorable conditions) characterization of service due to commission of a serious offense. On you were discharged. The Board carefully reviewed your application, weighed all potentially mitigating factors, and considered your contention that your “short-term loss of judgment” caused you to steal items in order to be quickly discharged from the military. Specifically, you contend your command was notified by the American Red Cross that your grandfather was on life support but when you requested leave, it was denied. In desperation, you stole items from the Navy Exchange so the Navy would discharge you. The Board also considered your contention that, before the larceny, you led an exemplary naval career to include being recruited for the Presidential ceremonial guard. Unfortunately, the Board did not find evidence of an error or injustice that warrants upgrading your characterization of service. Based on your misconduct, the Board determined you were assigned an appropriate characterization of service. Even under the liberal consideration standard, the Board found your misconduct warranted a general characterization of service. 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.