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[CITE: 10USC1207a]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                           PART II--PERSONNEL
 
      CHAPTER 61--RETIREMENT OR SEPARATION FOR PHYSICAL DISABILITY
 
Sec. 1207a. Members with over eight years of active service: 
        eligibility for disability retirement for pre-existing 
        conditions
        
    (a) In the case of a member described in subsection (b) who would be 
covered by section 1201, 1202, or 1203 of this title but for the fact 
that the member's disability is determined to have been incurred before 
the member became entitled to basic pay in the member's current period 
of active duty, the disability shall be deemed to have been incurred 
while the member was entitled to basic pay and shall be so considered 
for purposes of determining whether the disability was incurred in the 
line of duty.
    (b) A member described in subsection (a) is a member with at least 
eight years of active service.

(Added Pub. L. 106-65, div. A, title VI, Sec. 653(a)(1), Oct. 5, 1999, 
113 Stat. 666.)
