Docket No. 5400-19 
Ref: Signature Date 


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.    

A three-member panel of the Board for Correction of Naval Records, sitting in executive session, considered your application on February 28, 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 CNO memo 7220 Ser N130C1/19U2075 of 20 Nov 19 and your response to the opinion.  

You requested the an additional amount of $3,067.19 of your personally procurred commercial transportation cost in the amount of $7,589.58; 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 you failed to utilize the Travel Management Center (TMC) in the purchase of your Permeant Duty Travel as required per paragraph 050202 of the Joint Travel Regulations.  Commercial reimbursement of personally procured transportation is limited to what the Government would have paid had the Service member or dependent purchased the ticket through the TMC for authorized transportation over a usually traveled and direct route.  The evidence provided by you, shows that on 24 and 25 April 2019, you received emails from United Airlines and Delta Airlines, respectively, of your confirmed booking of you and your dependent’s secured travel itinerary.  This itinerary included a stop in , which would not have been in the direct route.  It is the responsibility of the Finance Office to certify the cost of Government Procured Transpiration prior to making payment to the traveler.  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.