§8141 Civil Air Patrol Volunteers

Summary

Civil Air Patrol volunteer members (but not cadets under 18) are covered by these federal benefit rules with some special handling for pay, benefit amounts, what counts as duty, and who gets told about claims. For benefit calculations, a member’s monthly pay is treated as the basic pay for step 1 of GS‑9 under section 5332. Survivor payments are set by fixed percentages: 45% for a surviving spouse under the listed rule if the member was fully or currently insured under Social Security; 20% for one child plus 10% for each extra child up to a 75% cap if the member was fully or currently insured; parent payments are 25% for one wholly dependent parent, 16% each if both were wholly dependent, or a proportional amount if partly dependent as decided by the Secretary of Labor. No payment is allowed under the one listed category that is excluded. “Performance of duty” only means active service and travel supporting Air Force‑directed operational missions with written authorization for a specific assignment and time. The Secretary of Labor must notify the Social Security Commissioner when eligible claims are filed, and the Commissioner must say whether the member was fully or currently insured at death. The Secretary of Labor may tell the Secretary of the Air Force about claims; the Air Force must, on request, give facts about the injury and whether the member was on or traveling to or from an operational mission. This does not replace the immediate superior’s report required elsewhere.