---
kind: "unit"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
key: "stA/ptII/ch61"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 61"
heading: "Retirement or Separation for Physical Disability"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/stA-ptII-ch61"
sections_count: 27
---

# Chapter 61 — Retirement or Separation for Physical Disability

Title 10 — Armed Forces › Subtitle A — General Military Law › Part II — Personnel

## Sections

- [§1201. Regulars and members on active duty for more than 30 days: retirement](/usc/10/1201.md)
- [§1202. Regulars and members on active duty for more than 30 days: temporary disability retired list](/usc/10/1202.md)
- [§1203. Regulars and members on active duty for more than 30 days: separation](/usc/10/1203.md)
- [§1204. Members on active duty for 30 days or less or on inactive-duty training: retirement](/usc/10/1204.md)
- [§1205. Members on active duty for 30 days or less: temporary disability retired list](/usc/10/1205.md)
- [§1206. Members on active duty for 30 days or less or on inactive-duty training: separation](/usc/10/1206.md)
- [§1206a. Reserve component members unable to perform duties when ordered to active duty: disability system processing](/usc/10/1206a.md)
- [§1207. Disability from intentional misconduct or willful neglect: separation](/usc/10/1207.md)
- [§1207a. Members with over eight years of active service: eligibility for disability retirement for pre-existing conditions](/usc/10/1207a.md)
- [§1208. Computation of service](/usc/10/1208.md)
- [§1209. Transfer to inactive status list instead of separation](/usc/10/1209.md)
- [§1210. Members on temporary disability retired list: periodic physical examination; final determination of status](/usc/10/1210.md)
- [§1211. Members on temporary disability retired list: return to active duty; promotion](/usc/10/1211.md)
- [§1212. Disability severance pay](/usc/10/1212.md)
- [§1213. Effect of separation on benefits and claims](/usc/10/1213.md)
- [§1214. Right to full and fair hearing](/usc/10/1214.md)
- [§1214a. Members determined fit for duty in Physical Evaluation Board: prohibition on involuntary administrative separation or denial of reenlistment due to unsuitability based on medical conditions considered in evaluation](/usc/10/1214a.md)
- [§1215. Members other than Regulars: applicability of laws](/usc/10/1215.md)
- [§1216. Secretaries: powers, functions, and duties](/usc/10/1216.md)
- [§1216a. Determinations of disability: requirements and limitations on determinations](/usc/10/1216a.md)
- [§1217. Academy cadets and midshipmen: applicability of chapter](/usc/10/1217.md)
- [§1218. Discharge or release from active duty: claims for compensation, pension, or hospitalization](/usc/10/1218.md)
- [§1218a. Discharge or release from active duty: transition assistance for reserve component members injured while on active duty](/usc/10/1218a.md)
- [§1219. Statement of origin of disease or injury: limitations](/usc/10/1219.md)
- [§1220. Repealed.](/usc/10/1220.md)
- [§1221. Effective date of retirement or placement of name on temporary disability retired list](/usc/10/1221.md)
- [§1222. Physical evaluation boards](/usc/10/1222.md)