Docket No: 6595-19 
Ref: Signature Date 

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                12 September 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, policies.   
 
You retired from the Navy on 30 June 2000.  At the time of your retirement, you were issued a Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty (DD Form 214) with the name    .  On 19 March 2017, you remarried, changing your name to “    
 
The Board carefully reviewed your application and your request to change the name on your DD Form 214 to match your current name.  The Board is only authorized to consider applications for name changes to a Petitioner’s DD Form 214 to correct an error or an injustice.  The DD Form 214 provides a brief, clear-cut record of a period or term of active military service; it is not considered a transitional or living document that changes over time.  Therefore, changes to your last name as a result of marriage are not authorized to be reflected on your DD Form 214.   
 
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.