Coast Guard Board for Correction of Military Records; Procedural Regulation

Résumé

The Department proposes to revise and reissue its procedural regulations for the Coast Guard Board for Correction of Military Records (Board). This action is taken on the Department's initiative in order to clarify application procedures; to explain applicants' legal rights and burden of proof; to allow applicants to change their requests for relief, to submit evidence after their applications have been docketed, or to request extensions of the time to respond to the advisory opinion of the Coast Guard without filing a new application or waiving their right to a timely decision; to provide for administrative closure of cases without Board action when the Chair determines that an application has been erroneously docketed; to facilitate Board decisions when the advisory opinions of the Coast Guard are not timely received; to increase the time provided for applicants to respond to the advisory opinions; to facilitate the Board's review of privileged, classified, and sensitive information; to clarify the Board's authority to order the Coast Guard to convene medical boards to evaluate applicants pursuant to applications for separations by reason of disability; to clarify actions that ma