computation of length of service

computation of length of service Sec. 251. For the purposes of this Act, the period of service of a participant shall be computed from the date he Becomes a participant under the provisions of this Act, but all periods of separation from the Agency and so much of any leaves of absence without pay as may exceed six months in the aggregate in any calendar year shall be excluded, except leaves of absence while receiving benefits under the Federal Employees’ Compensation Act of September 7, 1916, as amended (5 U.S.C. 751 et seq.), and leaves of absence granted participants while performing active and honorable military or naval service in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard of the United States.