5 USC § 3112 - Disabled veterans; noncompetitive appointment

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title: "5 USC § 3112 - Disabled veterans; noncompetitive appointment"
title_number: 5
title_name: "GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES"
section_number: "3112"
section_name: "Disabled veterans; noncompetitive appointment"
chapter_number: 31
chapter_name: "AUTHORITY FOR EMPLOYMENT"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "EMPLOYMENT AUTHORITIES"
part_number: "III"
part_name: "EMPLOYEES"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 95–454, title III, § 307(b)(1), Oct. 13, 1978, 92 Stat. 1147.)"
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# § 3112. Disabled veterans; noncompetitive appointment

Under such regulations as the Office of Personnel Management shall prescribe, an agency may make a noncompetitive appointment leading to conversion to career or career-conditional employment of a disabled veteran who has a compensable service-connected disability of 30 percent or more.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 95–454, title III, § 307(b)(1), Oct. 13, 1978, 92 Stat. 1147.)

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective 90 days after , see , set out as an Effective Date of 1978 Amendment note under .