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NAVY | BCNR | CY2002 | 09371-02
Original file (09371-02.pdf) Auto-classification: Denied
DEPARTMENT OF THE  NAVY 

BOARD  FOR  CORRECTION  OF  NAVAL  RECORDS 

2   NAVY  ANNEX 

WASHINGTON  DC  2 0 3 7 0 - 5 1 0 0   JRE 

Docket 
6 May 

No.  09371-02 
2003 

This is in reference to your application for corri 
naval record pursuant to the provisions of title 
United States Code, section 1552. 

?ction of your 
LO  of the 

A three-member panel of the Board for Correction #)f Naval 
Records, sitting in executive session, considered your 
application on 1 May 2003.  Your allegations of error and 
injustice were reviewed in accordance with admini.;trative 
regulations and procedures applicable to the proct?edings of this 
Board.  Documentary material considered by the Bo-ird consisted 
of your application, together with all material sitbmitted in 
support thereof, your naval record and applicable statutes, 
regulations and policies. 

After careful and conscientious consideration of i.he entire 
record, the Board found that the evidence submittb?d was 
insufficient to establish the existence of probable material 
errur or injustice. 

The Board was not persuaded that you sustained a .iignificant 
back injury, hearing loss, or injured finger durillg your service 
in the Navy from 26 October 1967 to 26 August 197:.  None of 
those conditions is documented in your record, anal you have not 
presented any evidence which demonstrates that yo11 suffered from 
any of those conditions. In addition, it rejected your 
contention that you did not receive a hearing test- on your pre- 
separation physical examination.  In this regard, it noted that 
the report of your pre-separation examination ind-cates, in item 
70, that you passed a whispered voice test. 

In the absence of'evidence  of error or injustice in your rec:ord, 
the Board was unable to recommend any corrective action in your 
case.  Accordingly, your application has been denied.  The names 
and votes of the members of the panel will be furnished upon 
request. 

It is regretted that the circumstances of your c~jse are such 
that favorable action cannot be taken.  You are +rlLitled to have 
the Board reconsider its decision upon submissior~ (if 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 offic-i.al records. 
Consequently, when applying for a correction of a l l   official 
naval record, the burden is on the applicant to dumonstrate the 
existence of probable material error or injustice. 

Sincerely, 

W. DEAN PFEIFF'ER 
Executive Direztor 



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