10 USC § 12736 - Service credited for retired pay benefits not excluded for other benefits

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title: "10 USC § 12736 - Service credited for retired pay benefits not excluded for other benefits"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "12736"
section_name: "Service credited for retired pay benefits not excluded for other benefits"
chapter_number: 1223
chapter_name: "RETIRED PAY FOR NON-REGULAR SERVICE"
part_number: "II"
part_name: "PERSONNEL GENERALLY"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 104, § 1336; renumbered § 12736 and amended Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title XVI, § 1662(j)(1), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2998, 3003.)"
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# § 12736. Service credited for retired pay benefits not excluded for other benefits

No period of service included wholly or partly in determining a person’s right to, or the amount of, retired pay under this chapter may be excluded in determining his eligibility for any annuity, pension, or old-age benefit, under any other law, on account of civilian employment by the United States or otherwise, or in determining the amount payable under that law, if that service is otherwise properly credited under it.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 104, § 1336; renumbered § 12736 and amended Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title XVI, § 1662(j)(1), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2998, 3003.)

| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1336 | 10:1036d (less 1st sentence).34:440l (less 1st sentence). | June 29, 1948, ch. 708, § 305 (less 1st sentence), 62 Stat. 1089. |

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1994— renumbered  as this section and restated catchline and text without change.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1994 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , except as otherwise provided, see , set out as an Effective Date note under .