Title 10Armed ForcesRelease 119-73

§1410 Restoral of full retirement amount at age 62 for certain members entering on or after August 1, 1986

Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle A— - General Military Law › Part PART II— - PERSONNEL › Chapter CHAPTER 71— - COMPUTATION OF RETIRED PAY › § 1410

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

If a person first joined a uniformed service on or after August 1, 1986, and chose a bonus under section 322 (as it was before the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008) or under section 354 of title 37, and they began receiving retired pay before age 62, their retired pay will be recalculated when they turn 62. The new amount, effective on the first day of the first month after their 62nd birthday, will be the pay they would get on that date if increases under section 1401a(b) had been calculated using paragraph (2) instead of paragraph (3), and if no reduction had been made under section 1409(b)(2).

Full Legal Text

Title 10, §1410

Armed Forces — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

In the case of a member or former member who first became a member of a uniformed service on or after August 1, 1986, who 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, and who becomes entitled to retired pay before the age of 62, the retired pay of such member or former member shall be recomputed, effective on the first day of the first month beginning after the member or former member attains 62 years of age, so as to be the amount equal to the amount of retired pay to which the member or former member would be entitled on that date if—
(1)increases in the retired pay of the member or former member under section 1401a(b) of this title had been computed as provided in paragraph (2) of that section (rather than under paragraph (3) of that section); and
(2)in the case of a member whose retired pay was subject to section 1409(b)(2) of this title, no reduction in the member’s retired pay had been made under that section.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

Section 322 of title 37 (as in effect before the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008), referred to in text, means section 322 of title 37 as in effect before enactment of Pub. L. 110–181. Section 322 of title 37 was renumbered as section 354 of title 37 and amended by Pub. L. 110–181, div. A, title VI, § 661(b)(1), (2), Jan. 28, 2008, 122 Stat. 178.

Amendments

2015—Par. (1). Pub. L. 114–92, § 631(d)(1), which was approved Nov. 25, 2015, provided that the amendment made by Pub. L. 113–67, § 403(b), which was effective Dec. 1, 2015, would not take effect. See 2013 Amendment note below. 2013—Par. (1). Pub. L. 113–67, § 403(b), which directed substitution of “paragraph (3) or (4)” for “paragraph (3)”, did not take effect pursuant to Pub. L. 114–92, § 631(d)(1). See 2015 Amendment note above. 2008—Pub. L. 110–181, in introductory provisions, substituted “section 322 (as in effect before the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008) or section 354” for “section 322”. 1999—Pub. L. 106–65 inserted “certain” before “members” in section catchline and “who has elected to receive a bonus under section 322 of title 37,” after “August 1, 1986,” in introductory provisions. 1989—Pub. L. 101–189, § 651(b)(4), in introductory provisions, inserted “or former member” after “In the case of a member”, “the retired pay of such member”, “after the member”, and “to which the member”, and in par. (1), substituted “retired pay of the member or former member” for “member’s retired pay”. 1987—Pub. L. 100–224 struck out heading “(a) General rule”, substituted provisions that the amount equal to the amount of retired pay to which the member would be entitled on that date if (1) increases in the member’s retired pay under section 1401a(b) of this title had been computed as provided in paragraph (2) of that section (rather than under paragraph (3) of that section); and (2) in the case of a member whose retired pay was subject to section 1409(b)(2) of this title, no reduction in the member’s retired pay had been made under that section, for provisions that the amount equal to (1) the amount of the member’s initial unreduced retired pay, increased by (2) the percent (adjusted to the nearest one-tenth of 1 percent) by which (A) the price index for the most recent base quarter ending more than 31 days before the date the member attains 62 years of age, exceeds (B) the price index for the calendar quarter immediately before the date the member first became entitled to retired pay, and struck out subsec. (b) which had directed that, in this section, the term “initial unreduced retired pay” meant the amount of retired pay (A) to which the member was entitled when the member first became entitled to retired pay; or (B) in the case of a member whose retired pay was subject to section 1409(b)(2) of this title, to which the member would have been entitled on the date of the member’s retirement without regard to that section, and that the definitions in subsection (g), and the provisions of subsection (h), of section 1401a of this title applied to this section.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2013 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 113–67 effective Dec. 1, 2015, see section 403(c) of Pub. L. 113–67, set out as a note under section 1401a of this title. Amendment did not take effect pursuant to section 631(d)(1) of Pub. L. 114–92, set out as a Repeal of Reduced Cost-of-living Adjustments for Members Under the Age of 62 note under section 1401a of this title.

Effective Date

of 1999 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 106–65 effective Oct. 1, 1999, see section 644 of Pub. L. 106–65, set out as a note under section 1401a of this title.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

10 U.S.C. § 1410

Title 10Armed Forces

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73