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14 U.S.C. § 2157 — Flag officers
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During any period in which the Coast Guard is not operating as a service in the Navy, [section 1216(d) of title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section1216/d&num=0&edition=prelim) does not apply with respect to flag officers of the Coast Guard.
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During any period in which the Coast Guard is not operating as a service in the Navy, [section 1216(d) of title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section1216/d&num=0&edition=prelim) does not apply with respect to flag officers of the Coast Guard.
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**(a)** The Secretary concerned shall prescribe regulations to carry out this chapter within his department.
**(b)** Except as provided in subsection (d), the Secretary concerned has all powers, functions, and duties incident to the determination under this chapter of—
(1) the fitness for active duty of any member of an armed force under his jurisdiction;
(2) the percentage of disability of any such member at the time of his separation from active duty;
(3) the suitability of any member for reappointment, reenlistment, or reentry upon active duty in an armed force under his jurisdiction; and
(4) the entitlement to, and payment of, disability severance pay to any member of an armed force under his jurisdiction.
**(c)** The Secretary concerned or the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, as prescribed by the President, has the powers, functions, and duties under this chapter incident to hospitalization, reexaminations, and the payment of disability retired pay within his department or agency.
**(d)** The Secretary concerned may not, with respect to any member who is a general officer or flag officer or is a medical officer being processed for retirement under any provisions of this title by reason of age or length of service—
(1) retire such member under [section 1201 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section1201&num=0&edition=prelim);
(2) place such member on the temporary disability retired list pursuant to [section 1202 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section1202&num=0&edition=prelim); or
(3) separate such member from an armed force pursuant to [section 1203 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section1203&num=0&edition
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TITLE 14—COAST GUARD
§ 2159
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
2018—Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 293 of this
title as this section.
§ 2155. Retirement for physical disability after se-
lection for promotion; grade in which retired
An officer whose name appears on an approved
list of officers selected for promotion to the next
higher grade and who is retired for physical dis-
ability under the provisions of chapter 61 of title
10 prior to being promoted shall be retired in the
grade to which he was selected for promotion.
(Added Pub. L. 88–130, § 1(10)(C), Sept. 24, 1963, 77
Stat. 187, § 294; renumbered § 2155, Pub. L. 115–282,
title I, § 112(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4216.)
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
2018—Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 294 of this
title as this section.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
RETIRED PAY ON OR PRIOR TO SEPTEMBER 24, 1963
Savings provisions in section 5(g) of Pub. L. 88–130
providing that Pub. L. 88–130 does not affect the retired
pay of anyone retired on or prior to Sept. 24, 1963, are
set out as a note under section 2101 of this title.
§ 2156. Deferment of retirement or separation for
medical reasons
(a) Subject to subsection (b), the Secretary
may defer the retirement or separation of a
commissioned officer, other than a commis-
sioned warrant officer, if the evaluation of the
physical condition of the officer and determina-
tion of the officer’s entitlement to retirement or
separation for physical disability require hos-
pitalization, medical observation, or other phys-
ical disability processing that cannot be com-
pleted before the date on which the officer would
otherwise be retired or separated.
(b) A deferment under subsection (a)—
(1) may only be made with the consent of the
officer in
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