Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-110

§1206a Reserve Component Members Unable to Perform Duties When Ordered to Active Duty: Disability System Processing

Title 10 › Subtitle A — General Military Law › PART II — PERSONNEL › CHAPTER 61 — RETIREMENT OR SEPARATION FOR PHYSICAL DISABILITY › § 1206a

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

If a reservist is ordered to active duty for more than 30 days but is released within 30 days for certain medical reasons, they will be treated as if they had been on active duty for 30 days or less for the rules in this chapter. The medical reasons are not meeting physical-retention standards or medical/dental deployment standards because of a preexisting condition that was not made worse by the active duty. Any medical care benefits under chapter 55 that the member or their dependents got before or during that active duty cannot be taken back or changed.

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Title 10, §1206a

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(a)Members Released From Active Duty Within 30 Days.—

A member of a reserve component who is ordered to active duty for a period of more than 30 days and is released from active duty within 30 days of commencing such period of active duty for a reason stated in subsection (b) shall be considered for all purposes under this chapter to have been serving under an order to active duty for a period of 30 days or less.

(b)Applicable Reasons for Release.—

Subsection (a) applies in the case of a member released from active duty because of a failure to meet—

(1)physical standards for retention due to a preexisting condition not aggravated during the period of active duty; or

(2)medical or dental standards for deployment due to a preexisting condition not aggravated during the period of active duty.

(c)Savings Provision for Medical Care Provided While on Active Duty.—

Notwithstanding subsection (a), any benefit under chapter 55 of this title received by a member described in subsection (a) or a dependent of such member before or during the period of active duty shall not be subject to recoupment or otherwise affected.

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Citation

10 U.S.C. § 1206a

Title 10, Armed Forces

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110