Legal Question in Military Law in United States
Can you retire from the Air Force after 17.5 years of active duty service and then request a medical evalutation board for medical discharge?
Asked on 9/30/10, 5:23 pm
1 Answer from Attorneys
William J. Holmes
Attorney at Military Law
If you retire, you cannot later go back and ask for a medical retirement. You would have to go through the PEB process prior to retirement. If your disability is determined to be 30% or greater, then you would be medically retired. If less that 30%, you would not be retired, but rather would be medically separated with severance pay. If you retire (non-medical), you can still go through the VA process for disability payments but the military will not go back and change your retirement to a medical retirement.
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Answered on 10/06/10, 6:29 am
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