DEPARTMENT OF
THEi NAVY
CORFlECTlON OF NAVAL RECORD
BOARD FOR
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Docket No: 3974-01
31 May 2001
This is in reference to your application for correction cf your naval record pursuant to the
provisions of title 10 of the United States Code, section 1552. You requested that your
reenlistment code of RE-4 (not eligible for reenlistment without prior approval of the Chief
of Naval Personnel) be upgraded, and that
received an uncharacterized discharge,
discharge was not considered.
your discharge be changed to honorable.
yocr request to change the characterization of
As you
your
You allege that the Department of Defense (DD) Form 214 (
Discharge from Active Duty ”) you were given to sign did not reflect the RE-4 code; and that
the nurses and doctors at the Naval Hospital Great Lakes mental health clinic where you
were treated did not have an explanation of why you were there. You submitted an undated
statement from a staff psychiatrist at Naval Hospital Roosevelt Roads indicating that you had
m8emorandum dated 1 November 1999
a brief psychotic episode which was resolved; and a
from a civilian doctor indicating “no
diag[nosis]” of any mental health problem.
“Certificate of Release or
A three-member panel of the Board ’ for Correction of
session, considered your application on 3 1 May 2001. Your allegations of error and injustice
regul,ations and procedures applicable to the
were reviewed in accordance with administrative
proceedings of this Board. Documentary naterial considered by the Board consisted of your
application, together with all material subrnitted in support thereof, your naval record and
applicable statutes, regulations and
Naval Records, sitting in executive
policie,;.
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. In this connection, the Board found your naval record shows that you entered
active duty on 11 August 1999; that you were admitted to the Naval Hospital Great Lakes
mental health clinic on 7 September 1999 for safety, evaluation and disposition because you
other- in English; that on the same date,
had stated you had seen two birds talking to each
Navy doctor diagnosed you with a
“psychlXic disorder, not otherwise specified (probable
a
that you were discharged on 7 October 1999 by reason of “erroneous entry
schizophrenia)“;
(other)“; that you had an entry level
within 180 days of your entry on active duty; and that you received the RE-4 code
appropriate for an ELS.
separ,ation (ELS), meaning that you were discharged
The Board found that the DD Form 2 14 on file in your record does reflect the RE-4 code;
that you acknowledge having been aware of it since January 2000; and that your record
shows that on 17 September 1999, you initialed a waiver of your right to make a statement
concerning your separation.
the Board that your diagnosis on 7 September 1999 wa.s incorrect.
Finally, the physician statements you provided did not persuade
In view of the above, your application
members of the panel will be furnished upon request.
ha:, been denied. The names and votes of the
ycur case are
:,uch that favorable action cannot be
It is regretted that the circumstances of
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
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.
th2.t a presumption of regularity attaches to all official
Sincerely,
W. DEAN PFEIFFER
Executive Director
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