---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 1205"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "1205"
heading: "Members on active duty for 30 days or less: temporary disability retired list"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/1205"
units:
  - "Subtitle A — General Military Law"
  - "Part II — Personnel"
  - "Chapter 61 — Retirement or Separation for Physical Disability"
---

# §1205. Members on active duty for 30 days or less: temporary disability retired list


Upon a determination by the [Secretary concerned](/usc/10/2801.md?p=c-5) that a member of the [armed forces](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-4) not covered by section [1201](/usc/10/1201.md), [1202](/usc/10/1202.md), or [1203](/usc/10/1203.md) of this title would be qualified for retirement under [section 1204 of this title](/usc/10/1204.md) but for the fact that his disability is not determined to be of a permanent nature and stable, the [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) shall, if he also determines that accepted medical principles indicate that the disability may be of a permanent nature, place the member’s name on the temporary disability retired list, with retired [pay](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-15) computed under [section 1401 of this title](/usc/10/1401.md).


## Source credit

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 94; Pub. L. 99–145, title V, § 513(a)(1)(B), Nov. 8, 1985, 99 Stat. 627; Pub. L. 99–661, div. A, title VI, § 604(d)(2)[(B)], Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3876.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 1205 | 37:272(c) (clause (5)). | Oct. 12, 1949, ch. 681, § 402(c) (clause (5)), 63 Stat. 818. |

The first 52 words are inserted for clarity and are based on the rule stated in section 1204 of this title, which restates that part of 37:272(c) relating to retirement for physical disability. The revised section incorporates by reference those provisions which are identical for retirement and for placement on the temporary disability retired list. This is possible, since 37:272(f) applies to placement on the temporary disability retired list as well as to retirement (see opinion of the Judge Advocate General of the Army (JAGA 1953/1900, 9 Mar. 1953)).

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1986—Pub. L. 99–661 struck out “; disability from injury” after “30 days or less” in section catchline.

1985—Pub. L. 99–145 inserted “and stable” after “determined to be of a permanent nature”.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1986 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 99–661 applicable with respect to persons who, after Nov. 14, 1986, incur or aggravate an injury, illness, or disease or die, see section 604(g) of Pub. L. 99–661, set out as a note under section 1074a of this title.