Dear : 
 
This is in reference to your application for correction of your naval record pursuant to Section 1552 of Title 10, United States Code.  After careful and conscientious consideration of relevant portions of your naval record and your application, the Board for Correction of Naval Records (Board) found the evidence submitted insufficient to establish the existence of probable material error or injustice.  Consequently, your application has been denied.     
 
A three-member panel of the Board, sitting in executive session, considered your application on 3 November 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. The Board also considered the 29 August 2019 advisory opinion (AO) furnished by the Marine Corps Performance Evaluation Review Board (PERB), which was previously provided to you.  Although you were afforded an opportunity to submit a rebuttal, you did not do so.      
 
The Board carefully considered your request to remove an adverse fitness report for the reporting period 1 November 2017 to 30 April 2018 that you received for not accomplishing the requirements of your assigned billet.  You contend that the fitness report is invalid because it infers that you were relieved from duty.   
 
The Board noted that in your Addendum page rebuttal you take responsibility for your actions in failing to maintain the unit’s Central Technical Publications Library.  The Board further noted that the Reporting Senior (RS) detailed your performance deficiencies in an Addendum page that the Reviewing Officer and Third Officer Sighter both reviewed, and they concurred with the RS’s assessment.  The Board agreed with the AO that there is no evidence of material error, substantive inaccuracy or injustice warranting removal of the fitness report.  Consequently, the Board concurred with the PERB that the contested report is administratively correct and concluded that the report shall remain in your OMPF. 
 
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,