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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JRE
Docket No: 20 12-02
5 November 2002
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 3 October 2002.
Your allegations of error and
injustice were reviewed in accordance with administrative regulations and procedures
applicable to the proceedings of this Board.
consisted of your application, together with all material submitted in support thereof, your
naval record and applicable statutes, regulations and policies.
Documentary material considered by the Board
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.
You disclosed that you had begun using
You reported that you had used PCP and
The Board found that you entered on active duty in the Navy from 1 September 1978. You
underwent psychiatric evaluation on 5 October 1979.
drugs at age 10 or 11, and alcohol at age 16 or 17.
LSD extensively during the past year, as well as unspecified hallucinogenic drugs,with
increasingly frequent “bad trips ”. The diagnostic impression was “Personality disorder,
schizoid and paranoid ”; “Rule out schizophrenia, paranoid type ”; and “Rule out organic
” As you were not considered amenable to drug
syndrome, drug intoxication, chronic.
rehabilitation treatment, and in view of your unsatisfactory performance of duty, you were
recommended for administrative discharge. You were discharged by reason of
unsuitability/personality disorder on 19 October 1979. Following your discharge, the
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) denied you request for service connection for a mental
disorder on several occasions; however, on 18 May 2000, you were granted service
connection for an “acquired psychiatric disorder..
the determination of a VA physician that the symptoms you experienced
“likely evidence” of your “first psychotic break”.
. with an evaluation of 70 percent ” based on
in the Navy were
The Board noted that in order to qualify for disability retirement from the Armed Forces, a
service member must be unfit to perform the duties of his office, grade, rank or rating by
reason of physical disability incurred in or aggravated by his military service. Although you
may have experienced symptoms of a psychotic disorder during your brief period of service,
the available records do not demonstrate that the underlying disorder was incurred while you
were entitled to basic pay, or that you were unfit for duty because of that disorder at the time
In addition, it noted that your enlistment was
of your discharge by reason of unsuitability.
fraudulent, in that you concealed your lengthy history of drug abuse, which would have
precluded your enlistment had it been disclosed, and that your mental disorder cannot be
disassociated from your continued drug abuse.
In view of the foregoing, your application has been denied.
members of the panel will be furnished upon request.
The names and votes of the
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.
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.
In this regard, it is
Sincerely,
W. DEAN PFEIFFER
Executive Director
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