---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 51.6"
title: "33"
number: "51.6"
heading: "Propriety standard of review."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/51.6"
---

# §51.6. Propriety standard of review.


A discharge is deemed to be proper except that:

- (a) A discharge may be improper if an error of fact, law, procedure, or discretion was associated with the discharge at the time of issuance which prejudiced the rights of the applicant.
- (b) A discharge may be improper if there has been a change in policy by the Coast Guard made expressly retroactive to the type of discharge under consideration.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 10 U.S.C. 1553; 14 U.S.C. 501, 503; Department of Homeland Security Delegations No. 0160.1(II)(B)(1), 0170.1(II)(23).

### Source

Source: CGD 81-104, 50 FR 41495, Oct. 11, 1985, unless otherwise noted.