DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY
BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF NAVAL RECORDS
2 NAVY ANNEX
WASHINGTON DC 20370.5100
Docket No:
16 January 2001
768500
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This is in reference to your application for correction of your naval record pursuant to the
provisions of title 10 of the United States Code, section 1552.
A three-member panel of the Board for Correction of Naval Records, sitting in executive
session, considered your application on 11 January 2000. 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, your
naval record and applicable statutes, regulations and policies.
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
Marine Corps during World War II
Korean Conflict. You underwent a pre-separation physical examination on 6 June
The Board found that you served on active duty in the
and
1951, and were found qualified for discharge. You were discharged by reason of
dependency on 11 June 1951. The Veterans Administration (VA) awarded you a 0% rating
for residuals of a broken tibia from 12 June 1951, and added ratings of 30% for post
traumatic stress disorder from 23 January 1992, and 20% for Raynaud’s disease from 3
March 1994. Several other conditions and ratings were added over the next eight
your current VA rating is
1998.
90%) with a finding of individual unemployability from 11 June
yw, and
The fact that you have been awarded substantial disability ratings by the VA was not
considered probative of error or injustice in your case.
the VA awards disability ratings without regard to the issue of fitness for military duty,
whereas the military departments may assign ratings only in those cases where the service
member
In addition, the Board noted that although the VA
In this regard, the Board noted that
been found unfit for duty.
has
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