---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 1214"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "1214"
heading: "Right to full and fair hearing"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/1214"
units:
  - "Subtitle A — General Military Law"
  - "Part II — Personnel"
  - "Chapter 61 — Retirement or Separation for Physical Disability"
---

# §1214. Right to full and fair hearing


No member of the [armed forces](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-4) may be retired or separated for physical disability without a full and fair hearing if the member demands it. The [Secretary concerned](/usc/10/2801.md?p=c-5) may require submission of a statement of contention as part of the demand.


## Source credit

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 100; Pub. L. 119–60, div. A, title V, § 524(b), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 865.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 1214 | 37:283 (less 1st 17 words). | Oct. 12, 1949, ch. 681, § 413 (less 1st 17 words), 63 Stat. 825. |

The words “including regulations” are omitted as covered by section 1216(a) of this title.

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2025—Pub. L. 119–60 substituted “if the member demands it. The Secretary concerned may require submission of a statement of contention as part of the demand.” for “if he demands it.”