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10 U.S.C. § 1413a — Combat-related special compensation
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**(a) Authority.—** The Secretary concerned shall pay to each eligible combat-related disabled uniformed services retiree who elects benefits under this section a monthly amount for the combat-related disability of the retiree determined under subsection (b).
**(b) Amount.—**
(1) **Determination of monthly amount.—** — Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), the monthly amount to be paid an eligible combat-related disabled uniformed services retiree under subsection (a) for any month is the amount of compensation to which the retiree is entitled under title 38 for that month, determined without regard to any disability of the retiree that is not a combat-related disability.
(2) **Maximum amount.—** — The amount paid to an eligible combat-related disabled uniformed services retiree for any month under paragraph (1) may not exceed the amount of the reduction in retired pay that is applicable to the retiree for that month under sections 5304 and 5305 of title 38.
(3) **Special rules for chapter 61 disability retirees.—**
(A) *General rule.—* — In the case of an eligible combat-related disabled uniformed services retiree who is retired under chapter 61 of this title, the amount of the payment under paragraph (1) for any month may not, when combined with the amount of retired pay payable to the retiree after any such reduction under sections 5304 and 5305 of title 38, cause the total of such combined payment to exceed the amount of retired pay to which the member would have been entitled under any other provision of law based upon the member’s service in the uniformed services if the member had not been retired under chapter 61 of this title.
(B) *Special rule for retirees with fewer than 20 years of service.—* — In the case of an eligible combat-related disabled unifor
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**(a) Authority.—** The Secretary concerned shall pay to each eligible combat-related disabled uniformed services retiree who elects benefits under this section a monthly amount for the combat-related disability of the retiree determined under subsection (b).
**(b) Amount.—**
(1) **Determination of monthly amount.—** — Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), the monthly amount to be paid an eligible combat-related disabled uniformed services retiree under subsection (a) for any month is the amount of compensation to which the retiree is entitled under title 38 for that month, determined without regard to any disability of the retiree that is not a combat-related disability.
(2) **Maximum amount.—** — The amount paid to an eligible combat-related disabled uniformed services retiree for any month under paragraph (1) may not exceed the amount of the reduction in retired pay that is applicable to the retiree for that month under sections 5304 and 5305 of title 38.
(3) **Special rules for chapter 61 disability retirees.—**
(A) *General rule.—* — In the case of an eligible combat-related disabled uniformed services retiree who is retired under chapter 61 of this title, the amount of the payment under paragraph (1) for any month may not, when combined with the amount of retired pay payable to the retiree after any such reduction under sections 5304 and 5305 of title 38, cause the total of such combined payment to exceed the amount of retired pay to which the member would have been entitled under any other provision of law based upon the member’s service in the uniformed services if the member had not been retired under chapter 61 of this title.
(B) *Special rule for retirees with fewer than 20 years of service.—* — In the case of an eligible combat-related disabled uniformed services retiree who is retired under chapter 61 of this title with fewer than 20 years of creditable service, the amount of the payment under paragraph (1) for any month may not, when combined with the amount of retired pay payable to the retiree after any such reduction under sections 5304 and 5305 of title 38, cause the total of such combined payment to exceed the amount equal to the retired pay percentage (determined for the member under [section 1409(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section1409/b&num=0&edition=prelim)) of the member’s years of creditable service multiplied by the member’s retired pay base under section 1406(b)(1) or 1407 of this title, whichever is applicable to the member.
**(c) Eligible Retirees.—** For purposes of this section, an eligible combat-related disabled uniformed services retiree referred to in subsection (a) is a member of the uniformed services who—
(1) is entitled to retired pay (other than by reason of [section 12731b of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section12731b&num=0&edition=prelim)); and
(2) has a combat-related disability.
**(d) Procedures.—** The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe procedures and criteria under which a disabled uniformed services retiree may apply to the Secretary of a military department to be considered to be an eligible combat-related disabled uniformed services retiree. Such procedures shall apply uniformly throughout the Department of Defense.
**(e) Combat-Related Disability.—** In this section, the term “combat-related disability” means a disability that is compensable under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and that—
(1) is attributable to an injury for which the member was awarded the Purple Heart; or
(2) was incurred (as determined under criteria prescribed by the Secretary of Defense)—
(A) as a direct result of armed conflict;
(B) while engaged in hazardous service;
(C) in the performance of duty under conditions simulating war; or
(D) through an instrumentality of war.
**(f) Coordination With Concurrent Receipt Provision.—** Subsection (d) of [section 1414 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section1414&num=0&edition=prelim) provides for coordination between benefits under that section and under this section.
**(g) Status of Payments.—** Payments under this section are not retired pay.
**(h) Source of Payments.—** Payments under this section for a member of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Space Force shall be paid from the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund. Payments under this section for any other member for any fiscal year shall be paid out of funds appropriated for pay and allowances payable by the Secretary concerned for that fiscal year.
**(i) Other Definitions.—** In this section:
(1) The term “service-connected” has the meaning given such term in [section 101 of title 38](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section101&num=0&edition=prelim).
(2) The term “retired pay” includes retainer pay, emergency officers’ retirement pay, and naval pension.
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Any medical officer of the Regular Corps of the Public Health Service who—
(1)
(A) was appointed to the assistant grade in the Regular Corps and whose service in such Corps has been continuous from the date of appointment or (B) may hereafter be appointed to the assistant grade in the Regular Corps, and
(2) had or will have completed a medical internship on the date of such appointment,
shall be credited with one year for purposes of promotion and seniority in grade, except that no such credit shall be authorized if the officer has received or will receive similar credit for his internship under other provisions of law. In the case of an officer on active duty on the effective date of this section who is entitled to the credit authorized herein, the one year shall be added to the promotion and seniority-in-grade credits with which he is credited on such date.
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**(a)** Except as provided in subsection (c), a person is entitled, upon application, to retired pay computed under [section 12739 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section12739&num=0&edition=prelim), if the person—
(1) has attained the eligibility age applicable under subsection (f) to that person;
(2) has performed at least 20 years of service computed under [section 12732 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section12732&num=0&edition=prelim);
(3) in the case of a person who completed the service requirements of paragraph (2) before April 25, 2005, performed the last six years of qualifying service while a member of any category named in [section 12732(a)(1) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section12732/a/1&num=0&edition=prelim), but not while a member of a regular component, the Fleet Reserve, or the Fleet Marine Corps Reserve, except that in the case of a person who completed the service requirements of paragraph (2) before October 5, 1994, the number of years of such qualifying service under this paragraph shall be eight; and
(4) is not entitled, under any other provision of law, to retired pay from an armed force or retainer pay as a member of the Fleet Reserve or the Fleet Marine Corps Reserve.
**(b)** Application for retired pay under this section must be made to the Secretary of the military department, or the Secretary of Homeland Security, as the case may be, having jurisdiction at the time of application over the armed force in which the applicant is serving or last served.
**(c)**
(1) A person who, before August 16, 1945, was a Reserve of an armed force, or a member of the Army without component or other
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**(a) Officers first becoming members before September 8, 1980** Each officer on the retired list who first became a member of a uniformed service before September 8, 1980, shall receive retired pay at the rate determined by multiplying—
(1) the retired pay base determined under [section 1406(g) of title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section1406/g&num=0&edition=prelim); by
(2) the retired pay multiplier determined under section 1409 of such title for the number of years of service that may be credited to the officer under section 1405 of such title as if the officer’s service were service as a member of the Armed Forces.
The retired pay so computed may not exceed 75 percent of the retired pay base.
**(b) Officers first becoming members on or after September 8, 1980** Each officer on the retired list who first became a member of a uniformed service on or after September 8, 1980, shall receive retired pay at the rate determined by multiplying—
(1) the retired pay base determined under [section 1407 of title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section1407&num=0&edition=prelim); by
(2) the retired pay multiplier determined under section 1409 of such title for the number of years of service that may be credited to the officer under section 1405 of such title as if the officer’s service were service as a member of the Armed Forces.
**(c) Treatment of full and fractional parts of months in computing years of service**
(1) **In general** — In computing the number of years of service of an officer for the purposes of subsection (a)—
(A) each full month of service that is in addition to the number of full years of service creditable to the officer shall be credited as 1⁄12 of a year; and
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**(a) Prohibition on Recomputation To Reflect Increases in Basic Pay.—** Unless otherwise specifically provided by law, the retired pay of a member or former member of an armed force may not be recomputed to reflect any increase in the rates of basic pay for members of the armed forces.
**(b) Cost-of-Living Adjustments Based on CPI Increases.—**
(1) **Increase required.—** — Effective on December 1 of each year, the Secretary of Defense shall increase the retired pay of members and former members entitled to that pay in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).
(2) **Percentage increase.—** — Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the Secretary shall increase the retired pay of each member and former member by the percent (adjusted to the nearest one-tenth of 1 percent) by which—
(A) the price index for the base quarter of that year, exceeds
(B) the base index.
(3) **Reduced percentage for certain post-august 1, 1986 members.—** — If the percent determined under paragraph (2) is greater than 1 percent, the Secretary shall increase the retired pay of each member and former member who first became a member on or after August 1, 1986, and has elected to receive a bonus under section 322 (as in effect before the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008) or [section 354 of title 37](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title37-section354&num=0&edition=prelim), by the difference between—
(A) the percent determined under paragraph (2); and
(B) 1 percent.
(4) **Special rule for paragraph (3).—** — If in any case in which an increase in retired pay that would otherwise be made under paragraph (3) is not made by reason of law (other than any provision of this section), then (unless otherwise provided
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For the purposes of this title—
(1) The terms “Secretary” and “Department” mean the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Veterans Affairs, respectively.
(2) The term “veteran” means a person who served in the active military, naval, air, or space service, and who was discharged or released therefrom under conditions other than dishonorable.
(3) The term “surviving spouse” means (except for purposes of chapter 19 of this title) a person who was the spouse of a veteran at the time of the veteran’s death, and who lived with the veteran continuously from the date of marriage to the date of the veteran’s death (except where there was a separation which was due to the misconduct of, or procured by, the veteran without the fault of the spouse) and who has not remarried.
(4)
(A) The term “child” means (except for purposes of chapter 19 of this title (other than with respect to a child who is an insurable dependent under subparagraph (B) or (C) of section 1965(10) of such chapter) and [section 8502(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section8502/b&num=0&edition=prelim)) a person who is unmarried and—
(i) who is under the age of eighteen years;
(ii) who, before attaining the age of eighteen years, became permanently incapable of self-support; or
(iii) who, after attaining the age of eighteen years and until completion of education or training (but not after attaining the age of twenty-three years), is pursuing a course of instruction at an approved educational institution;
and who is a legitimate child, a legally adopted child, a stepchild who is a member of a veteran’s household or was a member at the time of the veteran’s death, or an illegitimate child but, as to the alleged father, onl
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### Statutory Notes
Section, added Pub. L. 106–65, div. A, title VI, § 658(a)(1), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 668; amended Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [[div. A], title VI, § 657(a)], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A–166; Pub. L. 107–107, div. A, title VI, § 641(b), (e)(1), (2), Dec. 28, 2001, 115 Stat. 1150, 1151; Pub. L. 107–314, div. A, title VI, § 636(b), Dec. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 2576; Pub. L. 108–136, div. A, title VI, § 641(c)(1), Nov. 24, 2003, 117 Stat. 1514, related to special compensation for certain severely disabled uniformed services retirees.
#### Effective Date of Repeal
Repeal effective Jan. 1, 2004, and applicable to payments for months beginning on or after that date, see section 641(e) of Pub. L. 108–136, set out as an Effective Date of 2003 Amendment note under [section 1414 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section1414&num=0&edition=prelim).
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**(a) Definitions.—** In this section:
(1) **Non-homeland security missions.—** — The term “non-homeland security missions” means the following missions of the Coast Guard:
(A) Marine safety.
(B) Search and rescue.
(C) Aids to navigation.
(D) Living marine resources (fisheries law enforcement).
(E) Marine environmental protection.
(F) Ice operations.
(2) **Homeland security missions.—** — The term “homeland security missions” means the following missions of the Coast Guard:
(A) Ports, waterways and coastal security.
(B) Drug interdiction.
(C) Migrant interdiction.
(D) Defense readiness.
(E) Other law enforcement.
**(b) Primary Duties.—** The Coast Guard shall—
(1) enforce or assist in the enforcement of all applicable Federal laws on, under, and over the high seas and waters subject to the jurisdiction of the United States;
(2) engage in maritime air surveillance or interdiction to enforce or assist in the enforcement of the laws of the United States;
(3) administer laws and promulgate and enforce regulations for the promotion of safety of life and property on and under the high seas and waters subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, covering all matters not specifically delegated by law to some other executive department;
(4) develop, establish, maintain, and operate, with due regard to the requirements of national defense, aids to maritime navigation, icebreaking facilities, and rescue facilities for the promotion of safety on, under, and over the high seas and waters subject to the jurisdiction of the United States;
(5) pursuant to international agreements, develop, establish, maintain, and operate icebreaking facilities on, under, and over waters other than the high seas and waters subject to the jurisdiction of the
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**(a) Continuation Pay.—** The Secretary concerned shall make a payment of continuation pay to each full TSP member (as defined in [section 8440e(a) of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section8440e/a&num=0&edition=prelim)) of the uniformed services under the jurisdiction of the Secretary who—
(1) has completed not less than 7 and not more than 12 years of service in a uniformed service; and
(2) enters into an agreement with the Secretary to serve for not less than 3 additional years of obligated service.
**(b) Payment Amount.—** The Secretary concerned shall determine the payment amount under this section as a multiple of a full TSP member’s monthly basic pay. The multiple for a full TSP member who is a member of a regular component, a member of the Space Force on sustained duty, or a member of a reserve component, if the member is performing active Guard and Reserve duty (as defined in [section 101(d)(6) of title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section101/d/6&num=0&edition=prelim)), shall not be less than 2.5 times the member’s monthly basic pay. The multiple for a full TSP member who is a member of a reserve component not performing active Guard or Reserve duty (as so defined) or a member of the Space Force in space force active status not on sustained duty shall not be less than 0.5 times the monthly basic pay to which the member would be entitled if the member were a member of a regular component. The maximum amount the Secretary concerned may pay a member under this section is—
(1) in the case of a member of a regular component or a member of the Space Force on sustained duty—
(A) the monthly basic pay of the member at 12 years of service multiplied by 2.5; plus
(B) at th
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**(a)**
(1) Except as provided in [section 1414 of title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section1414&num=0&edition=prelim) or to the extent that retirement pay is waived under other provisions of law, not more than one award of pension, compensation, emergency officers’, regular, or reserve retirement pay, or initial award of naval pension granted after July 13, 1943, shall be made concurrently to any person based on such person’s own service or concurrently to any person based on the service of any other person.
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1) of this subsection and of [section 5305 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section5305&num=0&edition=prelim), pension under section 1521 or 1541 of this title may be paid to a person entitled to receive retired or retirement pay described in [section 5305 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section5305&num=0&edition=prelim) concurrently with such person’s receipt of such retired or retirement pay if the annual amount of such retired or retirement pay is counted as annual income for the purposes of chapter 15 of this title.
**(b)**
(1) Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3) of this subsection and in [section 1521(i) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section1521/i&num=0&edition=prelim), the receipt of pension, compensation, or dependency and indemnity compensation by a surviving spouse, child, or parent on account of the death of any person, or receipt by any person of pension or compensation on account of such person’s own service, shall not bar the payment of pension, compensation, or dependency and indemnity compen
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**(a) Payment of Both Retired Pay and Compensation.—**
(1) **In general.—** — Subject to subsection (b), a member or former member of the uniformed services who is entitled for any month to retired pay and who is also entitled for that month to veterans’ disability compensation for a qualifying service-connected disability (hereinafter in this section referred to as a “qualified retiree”) is entitled to be paid both for that month without regard to sections 5304 and 5305 of title 38. During the period beginning on January 1, 2004, and ending on December 31, 2013, payment of retired pay to such a qualified retiree is subject to subsection (c), except that payment of retired pay is subject to subsection (c) only during the period beginning on January 1, 2004, and ending on December 31, 2004, in the case of the following:
(A) A qualified retiree receiving veterans’ disability compensation for a disability rated as 100 percent.
(B) A qualified retiree receiving veterans’ disability compensation at the rate payable for a 100 percent disability by reason of a determination of individual unemployability.
(2) **Qualifying service-connected disability.—** — In this section, the term “qualifying service-connected disability” means a service-connected disability or combination of service-connected disabilities that is rated as not less than 50 percent disabling by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
**(b) Special Rules for Chapter 61 Disability Retirees.—**
(1) **Career retirees.—** — The retired pay of a member retired under chapter 61 of this title with 20 years or more of service otherwise creditable under [section 1405 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section1405&num=0&edition=prelim), or at least 20 years of service
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