Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-102
§1215 Members Other Than Regulars: Applicability of Laws
Title 10 › Subtitle A — General Military Law › PART II — PERSONNEL › CHAPTER 61 — RETIREMENT OR SEPARATION FOR PHYSICAL DISABILITY › § 1215
Summary
If a retired member of the regular armed forces gets pay or other benefits, then a non‑regular member who is retired — or who was given retired pay because of a physical disability — must get the same pay and benefits.
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Title 10, §1215
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The laws and regulations that entitle any retired member of a regular component of the armed forces to pay, rights, benefits, or privileges extend the same pay, rights, benefits, or privileges to any other member of the armed forces who is not a member of a regular component and who is retired, or to whom retired pay is granted, because of physical disability.
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Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 121537:272(i).Oct. 12, 1949, ch. 681, § 402(i), 63 Stat. 820. The words “is retired, or to whom retired pay is granted” are substituted for the words “heretofore or hereafter retired or granted retirement pay”. The words “any other member of the armed forces” are substituted for the words “all members of the reserve components”, since the words “reserve components” are defined by section 102(k) of the Career Compensation Act of 1949, 63 Stat. 805 (37 U.S.C. 231(k)), to include members appointed, enlisted, or inducted without component.
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10 U.S.C. § 1215
Title 10, Armed Forces
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102