DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY
BOARD FOR
CORRECTION OF NAVAL RECORD
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2 NAVY ANNE
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WASHINGTON DC 20370-510
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CRS
Docket No:
7 November 2001
1880-01
This is in reference to your application reconsideration for
correction of your naval record pursuant to the provisions of
Title 10, United States Code, Section 1552.
A three-member panel of the Board for Correction of Naval
Records, sitting in executive session, reconsidered your
application on 3 October 2001.
injustice were reviewed in accordance with administrative
regulations and procedures applicable to the proceedings of this
Board.
your application,
thereof,
and policies.
opinion furnished by the Specialty Advisory to the Surgeon
General for Psychiatry,
your naval record and applicable statutes, regulations
In addition, the Board considered the advisory
Documentary material considered by the Board consisted of
together with all material submitted in support
Your allegations of error and
a copy of which is attached.
After careful and conscientious consideration of the entire
record, the Board found that the evidence submitted was
insufficient to establish the existence of probable material
error or injustice.
* The Board found that on 10 November 1994 you enlisted in the Navy
'The record reflects that on 27 February 1995, while
at age 18.
under instruction at Nuclear Power School, you were diagnosed
with an adjustment disorder and a personality disorder.
you were returned to duty.
However,
On 12 April 1995 you were disenrolled from the Nuclear Power
School for lack of effort.
conducted on 10 May 1995,
adjustment disorders.
of your history of maladaptive behavior, you posed
risk to harm yourself or others, or embarrass the
June 1995 you received an honorable discharge by reason of a
diagnosed personality disorder.
reenlistment code.of RE-4.
again diagnosed personality and
Further, the evaluation found that because
@Ia continuing
A second psychiatric evaluation,
Navy."
On 9
At that time you were assigned a
With your application,
you presented a psychological report,
dated 21 August 1999, which states that no mental disorders are
The advisory opinion from the Specialty
currently present.
Advisor states that although you had difficulty adjusting to
Nuclear Power School and the Navy, there was no conclusive
evidence that you suffered from a personality disorder.
especially those with records of
it still concluded that if a
The Board noted that an RE-4 reenlistment code is authorized by
regulatory guidance and often assigned to individuals with
diagnosed personality disorders,
poor performance or those who are deemed to constitute a threat
themselves or others.
While the Board noted your new evidence
and the advisory opinion,
servicemember such as yourself performs poorly and is deemed to
be a risk to harm himself or others, there is no error or
injustice in the reenlistment code.
that the psychiatrist who diagnosed you with a personality
disorder on two occasions in 1995 had the advantage of examining
you personally at the time of your poor performance.
psychologist examined you four years later, and the author of the
advisory opinion never examined you at all.
The Board therefore
concluded that the earlier diagnoses may be correct.
Accordingly, your application has been denied.
votes of the members of the panel will be furnished upon request.
Further, the Board noted
Your
The names and
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 and material
evidence or other matter not previously 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.
Enclosure
Sincerely,
W. DEAN PFEIFFER
Executive Director
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02 August. 200
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Naval M edical Center San Diego
Department of Psychiatry
From :
To: Chairman,
Board
.D.
for Correction of Naval Records
Subj
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I have reviewe
School and the Navy. I can see no conclusive evidence that he suffers from a personality
disorder. He has not demonstrated a longstanding maladaptive pattern of functioning that
file. He did have difficulty adjusting to Nuclear Power
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