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

§ 1203. Regulars and members on active duty for more than 30 days: separation Upon a determination by the Secretary concerned that a member of a regular component of the armed forces entitled to basic pay, or any other member of the armed forces entitled to basic pay who has been called or ordered to active duty (other than for training) for a period of more than 30 days, is unfit to perform the duties of his office, grade, rank, or rating because of physical disability incurred while entitled to basic pay, the member may be separated from his armed force, with severance pay computed under section 1212 of this title, if the Secretary also determines that— (1) the member has less than 20 years of service computed under section 1208 of this title; 93 (2) the disability is not the result of the member’s intentional misconduct or willful neglect, and was not incurred during a period of unauthorized absence; (3) based upon accepted medical principles, the disability is or may be of a permanent nature; and (4) either— (A) the disability is less than 30 percent under the standard schedule of rating disabilities in use by the Veterans’ Administration at the time of the determination, and the disability was (i) the proximate result of performing active duty, or (ii) incurred in line of duty in time of war or national emergency; (B) the disability is less than 30 percent under the standard schedule of rating disabilities in use by the Veterans’ Administration at the time of the determination, and the member has at least eight years of service computed under section 1208 of this title; or (C) the disability is at least 30 percent under the standard schedule of rating disabilities in use by the Veterans’ Administration at the time of the determination, the disability was neither the proximate result of performing active duty nor incurred in line of duty in time of war or national emergency, and the member has less than eight years of service computed under section 1208 of this title on the date when he would otherwise be retired under section 1201 of this title or placed on the temporary disability retired list under section 1202 of this title. However, if the member is eligible for transfer to the inactive status list under section 1209 of this title, and so elects, he shall be transferred to that list instead of being separated.