Dear ,  
 
This is in reference to your application for correction of your husband’s naval record, a former Navy lieutenant, 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 28 April 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 husband’s naval record and applicable statutes, regulations and policies.     
 
You requested the issuance of a Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty (DD Form 214) for a period of 4 months and 21 days and a memorandum be submitted to the Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) as proof of total prior active service.  The Board, in its review of your entire record and application, carefully weighed all potentially mitigating factors, to include your assertions.  The Board agreed that a DD Form 214 is issued to identify a period of active military service.  The Board concluded that in accordance with BUPERSINST 1900.8 series, personnel who are released from active duty of less than 90 days are ineligible for an issuance of a DD Form 214.  The Board concluded that block 12d of the DD Form 214 is a total of all prior active duty service that is not listed on the most current DD Form 214.  Your husband entered active duty for training on 23 June 1973 and was released from active duty on 23 August 1973.  On 13 July 1974, he entered active duty for training and was discharged on 3 October 1974 to be commissioned the next day.  The Board agreed that these two periods of active duty were less than 90 days and finds no error or injustice to warrant a change to his 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.   
  
    Sincerely, 
        
6/28/2020