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Docket No. NR4914-14
4 Dec 14
This is in reference to your application for correction of your
naval record pursuant to the provisions of 10 USC 1552.
A three-member panel of the Board for Correction of Naval
Records, sitting in executive session, considered your
application on 4 December 2014. 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. In addition, the Board considered the
advisory opinion furnished by CNPC memo 1780 PERS-314 of 26 Sep
14, a copy of which is attached.
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. In making this determination, the Board
concurred with the comments contained in the advisory opinion.
The Post-9/11 Veterans Education Assistance Act (Post-9/11 GI
Bill, Public Law 110-252) was signed into law on 30 June 2008
and became effective on 1 August 2009. General descriptions of
the essential components of the new law were widely available
beginning in summer 2008 and specific implementing guidance was
published in the summer of 2009.
Under the governing regulations, to be eligible to transfer
benefits, a member must be on active duty or in the selective
reserve at the time of the election to transfer. This is an
important feature of the law because the transferability
provisions are intended as an incentive vice a benefit. Members
Docket No. NR4914-14
who are retired are not eligible to transfer. Information about
the Post-9/11 GI Bill has been readily and publicly available,
and you could have used available resources to educate yourself
‘on your educational benefits.
Evidence shows that you failed to take the steps necessary to
‘transfer benetits. Your application claims, essentially, that
“On March 7, 2014 I discovered my request to transfer Post 9/11
benefits to my dependents was rejected based on insufficient
obligated service time. In August 2011, NAVADMIN 235/11 changed
this requirement and established a deadline for transfer of
eligibility of August 1, 2013. At no time between the issue of
NAVADMIN 235/11 was I made aware of this major change to Navy
policy. Consequently I submitted my request, law NAVADMIN
203/09, six weeks (September 2013)." However, you also stated
‘“T understand that it was not required that I he formally made
aware of the NAVADMIN 235/11.”
Furthermore, the Board found that information about the 1 August
2013 changes to the Post-9/11 GI Bill were readily and publicly
available, and you could have used available resources to
educate yourself on your educational benefits allowing you to
transfer those benefits well before the 1 August 2013 deadline .?
You attempted to transfer your TEB in September 2013 which under
the new policy required you to obligate for four additional
years of service. However, you had an approved retirement date
of 30 November 2014 and were therefore ineligible under the new
1 August 2013 policy.
Under these circumstances, the Board found that no relief is
warranted. Accordingly, your application has been denied. The
names and votes of the members of the panel will be furnished
upon request.
Tt 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
evidence within one year from the date of the Board's decision.
New evidence is evidence not previously considered by the Board
prior to making its decision in this case. 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
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1 NAVADMIN 235/11 published 0416152 AUG 11, paragraph 4.B. Beginning 1 August
2013, DoD Policy requires that all service members who wish to transfer their
education benefits to a family member obligate for an additional four years
of service regardless of their time in service or retirement date.
Docket No. NR4914-14
the applicant to demo
error or injustice.
Executive Director
Enclosure: CNPC memo 1780 PERS-314 of 26 Sep 14
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