DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY
B O A R D F O R C O R R E C T I O N O F NAVAL R E C O R D S
2 NAVY ANNEX
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JRE
Docket No. 05032-02
16 May 2003
This is in reference to your request for further consideration
of 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 15 May 2003. 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 Board found that you served in the Navy from 6 August 1997
to 18 March 1998, when you were discharged based, in part, on
the determination of a credentialed mental health care provider
that you suffered from a personality disorder, not otherwise
specified, with passive aggressive features, and that you
presented a danger to yourself and others at that time. The
fact that another mental health care professional evaluated you
more than four years later, and reached a different conclusion,
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considered in~uffi~zicnt to d~movrtr>te that your dlccharge
was erroneous. Accordingly, the Board adhered to its previous
decision in your case, and denied your application. The names
and votes of the members of the panel will be furnished upon
request.
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.
Sincerely,
W. DEAN PFEIFFER
Executive Director
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