DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY
BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF NAVAL RECORDS
2 NAVY ANNEX
WASHINGTON DC 203 70-5100
CRS
Docket No. 05567-06
3 April 2007
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 29 March 2007. 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 enlisted in the Navy Reserve on 22
December 1986. You acknowledged on that date that you would be
required to undergo remedial training if you failed to meet
prescribed physical fitness and/or body fat standards. You served
on initial active duty for training from 18 May to 18 July 1987,
when you were released from active duty and assigned to a Navy
Reserve unit. On 27 June 1988, you were medically diagnosed as
obese, and ordered to attend remedial training. On 8 January
1990, you acknowledged that you had not met Navy fitness
standards since 1988. You were discharged from the Navy Reserve
on 7 March 1990, for the convenience of the government, by reason
of obesity, with a general discharge.
Character of service is based, in part, on one’s conduct and
overall trait averages, both of which are computed from marks
assigned during periodic evaluations. Your conduct and overall
trait averages were 2.90 and 3.33, respectively. A minimum
average conduct mark of 3.0 was required for a fully honorable
characterization of service at the time of your discharge.
In its review of your application the Board carefully weighed all
potentially mitigating factors, such as your contention that you
had received an honorable discharge, but the entry to that effect
in your service record was crossed out. The Board concluded that
these factors were insufficient to warrant corrective action,
given your substandard conduct trait average, as well as your
failure to meet Navy fitness and body fat standards. It
concluded that the service record entry which indicates you
received an honorable discharge was properly lined out since you
did not qualify for a fully honorable characterization of
service. 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 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,
Daas
W. DEAN P F
Executive Direc
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