Title 10, Chapter 61 — Retirement or Separation for Physical Disability

Regulars and members on active duty for more than 30 days: retirement

Regulars and members on active duty for more than 30 days: temporary disability retired list

Regulars and members on active duty for more than 30 days: separation

Members on active duty for 30 days or less or on inactive-duty training: retirement

Members on active duty for 30 days or less: temporary disability retired list

Members on active duty for 30 days or less or on inactive-duty training: separation

Reserve component members unable to perform duties when ordered to active duty: disability system processing

Disability from intentional misconduct or willful neglect: separation

Members with over eight years of active service: eligibility for disability retirement for pre-existing conditions

Computation of service

Transfer to inactive status list instead of separation

Members on temporary disability retired list: periodic physical examination; final determination of status

Members on temporary disability retired list: return to active duty; promotion

Disability severance pay

Effect of separation on benefits and claims

Right to full and fair hearing

Members determined fit for duty in Physical Evaluation Board: prohibition on involuntary administrative separation or denial of reenlistment due to unsuitability based on medical conditions considered in evaluation

Members other than Regulars: applicability of laws

Secretaries: powers, functions, and duties

Determinations of disability: requirements and limitations on determinations

Academy cadets and midshipmen: applicability of chapter

Discharge or release from active duty: claims for compensation, pension, or hospitalization

Discharge or release from active duty: transition assistance for reserve component members injured while on active duty

Statement of origin of disease or injury: limitations

Repealed. Pub. L. 87–651, title I, § 107(d), Sept. 7, 1962, 76 Stat. 509]

Effective date of retirement or placement of name on temporary disability retired list

Physical evaluation boards