Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-102
§1207 Disability From Intentional Misconduct or Willful Neglect: Separation
Title 10 › Subtitle A — General Military Law › PART II — PERSONNEL › CHAPTER 61 — RETIREMENT OR SEPARATION FOR PHYSICAL DISABILITY › § 1207
Summary
If the Secretary finds a service member's physical disability came from intentional wrongdoing, willful neglect, or from being absent without permission, the member must be separated and gets no benefits.
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Title 10, §1207
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Each member of the armed forces who incurs a physical disability that, in the determination of the Secretary concerned, makes him unfit to perform the duties of his office, grade, rank, or rating, and that resulted from his intentional misconduct or willful neglect or was incurred during a period of unauthorized absence, shall be separated from his armed force without entitlement to any benefits under this chapter.
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Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 120737:278.Oct. 12, 1949, ch. 681, § 408, 63 Stat. 823. The words “Each member * * * who” are substituted for the words “When a member * * * such member”. The words “is determined to have” are omitted as surplusage.
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10 U.S.C. § 1207
Title 10, Armed Forces
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102