[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 33, Volume 1]

[Revised as of July 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 33CFR52.24]



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                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS

 

         CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

 

PART 52_BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS OF THE COAST GUARD

--Table of Contents

 

           Subpart C_General Provisions Regarding Applications

 

Sec. 52.24  Evidence and burden of proof.



    (a) It is the responsibility of the applicant to procure and submit 

with his or her application such evidence, including official records, 

as the applicant desires to present in support of his or her case. All 

such evidence should be submitted with the applicant's DD Form 149 in 

accordance with Sec. 52.21(c)(1). Evidence submitted by an applicant 

after an application has been filed and docketed shall be considered 

late and its acceptance is subject to the provisions in Sec. 

52.26(a)(4) and (c).

    (b) The Board begins its consideration of each case presuming 

administrative regularity on the part of Coast Guard and other 

Government officials. The applicant has the burden of proving the 

existence of an error or injustice by the preponderance of the evidence.