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[CITE: 10USC1038]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                           PART II--PERSONNEL
 
              CHAPTER 53--MISCELLANEOUS RIGHTS AND BENEFITS
 
Sec. 1038. Service credit: certain service in Women's Army 
        Auxiliary Corps
        
    In computing years of active service of any female member of the 
armed forces, there shall be credited for all purposes, except the right 
to promotion, in addition to any other service that may be credited, all 
active service performed in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps after May 
13, 1942, and before September 30, 1943, if that member performed active 
service in the armed forces after September 29, 1943. Service as an 
officer in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps shall be credited as active 
service in the status of a commissioned officer, and service as an 
enrolled member of the Corps shall be credited as active service in the 
status of an enlisted member.

(Added Pub. L. 86-142, Sec. 1(1), Aug. 7, 1959, 73 Stat. 289.)


                   Election of Pension or Compensation

    Section 2 of Pub. L. 86-142 provided that a person entitled to a 
pension or compensation under any law administered by the Veterans' 
Administration, based on the active service described in section 1 of 
Pub. L. 86-142, which added section 1038 to Title 10, Armed Forces, 
could elect within 1 year after Aug. 7, 1959 to receive that pension or 
compensation in lieu of any compensation under the Federal Employees' 
Compensation Act; that such an election is irrevocable; and that the 
election does not entitle that person to the pension or compensation for 
any period before the date of election.


                         Back Pay or Allowances

    Section 3 of Pub. L. 86-142 provided that: ``No person is entitled 
to back pay or allowances because of any service credited under section 
1 of this Act [enacting this section].''
