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 22 November 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.  In addition, the Board considered the advisory opinion contained in Chief of Naval Personnel memo 7220 Ser N130C1/19U1763 of 26 September 2019; a copy of which was previously provided to you for comment. 
 
On 26 February 2016, you received official change duty orders (BUPERS order: 0576).  On 15 April 2016, you got married.  Additionally, you and your husband signed a rental agreement located at .On 2 May 2016, you transferred from .   On 13 May 2016, you arrived to  for duty under instruction.  On 21 October 2016, you received official change duty orders (BUPERS order: 2956).  On 16 December 2016, you transferred.  Additionally, you signed a rental agreement located at .  On 29 December 2016, you arrived to  for duty.  On 22 June 2019, your husband was released from active duty and transferred to the Marine Corps Reserve.   
 
You requested Basic Allowance for Housing (BAH) and Family Separation Allowance (FSA) from your date of marriage of 15 April 2016.  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 did not receive BAH at the without dependents while attending the and assigned single type government quarters.  Per the Joint Travel Regulations when single type government quarters are assigned the member is not authorized BAH.  In this connection, the Board substantially concurred with the comments contained in the advisory opinion.   
 
Per the Department of Defense Financial Management Regulation (DODFMR) Volume 7A, Chapter 27, FSA is payable to a member married to another member regardless of whether the member has any non-active duty dependents, when all other general conditions are met, and provided members were residing together immediately before being separated by reason of execution of military orders. In your case, you received your orders prior to your marriage while stationed in  and your husband was in .  Therefore, you did not establish a joint household.    
 
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.