10 USC § 1206a - Reserve component members unable to perform duties when ordered to active duty: disability system processing

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identifier: "/us/usc/t10/s1206a"
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title: "10 USC § 1206a - Reserve component members unable to perform duties when ordered to active duty: disability system processing"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "1206a"
section_name: "Reserve component members unable to perform duties when ordered to active duty: disability system processing"
chapter_number: 61
chapter_name: "RETIREMENT OR SEPARATION FOR PHYSICAL DISABILITY"
part_number: "II"
part_name: "PERSONNEL"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 108–375, div. A, title V, § 521(a), Oct. 28, 2004, 118 Stat. 1887.)"
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# § 1206a. Reserve component members unable to perform duties when ordered to active duty: disability system processing

**(a)** **Members Released From Active Duty Within 30 Days.—** A member of a reserve component who is ordered to active duty for a period of more than 30 days and is released from active duty within 30 days of commencing such period of active duty for a reason stated in subsection (b) shall be considered for all purposes under this chapter to have been serving under an order to active duty for a period of 30 days or less.

**(b)** **Applicable Reasons for Release.—** Subsection (a) applies in the case of a member released from active duty because of a failure to meet—

**(1)** physical standards for retention due to a preexisting condition not aggravated during the period of active duty; or

**(2)** medical or dental standards for deployment due to a preexisting condition not aggravated during the period of active duty.

**(c)** **Savings Provision for Medical Care Provided While on Active Duty.—** Notwithstanding subsection (a), any benefit under chapter 55 of this title received by a member described in subsection (a) or a dependent of such member before or during the period of active duty shall not be subject to recoupment or otherwise affected.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 108–375, div. A, title V, § 521(a), Oct. 28, 2004, 118 Stat. 1887.)