CFR > Title 32 - National Defense > SUBTITLE A—Department of Defense > CHAPTER VI—DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY (parts 700 to 777) > SUBCHAPTER A—UNITED STATES NAVY REGULATIONS AND OFFICIAL RECORDS (Parts 700–705) > PART 700—UNITED STATES NAVY REGULATIONS AND OFFICIAL RECORDS > SUBPART K—General Regulations (§700.1101 to §700.1167) > 700.1126—Correction of naval records.

700.1126—Correction of naval records.

(a) Any military record in the Department of the Navy may be corrected by the Secretary of the Navy, acting through the Board for Correction of Naval Records, when the Secretary considers that such action should be taken in order to correct an error or to remove an injustice.
(b) Applications for corrections under this article may be made only after exhaustion of all other administrative remedies afforded by law or regulation.
(c) Applications for such corrections should be submitted to the Secretary of the Navy (Board for Correction of Naval Records) in accordance with procedural regulations established by the Secretary of the Navy and approved by the Secretary of Defense.