HeinOnline is a subscription-based resource containing thousands of academic and legal journals from inception; complete coverage of government documents such as U.S. Statutes at Large, U.S. Code, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Reports, and much more. Documents are image-based, fully searchable PDFs with the authority of print combined with the accessibility of a user-friendly and powerful database. For more information, request a quote or trial for your organization below.
![handle is hein.gao/gaobaacdy0001 and id is 1 raw text is:
DCCURENT BESURE
0-1966 - (A1I92087]
[Need for Uniformity in Processing Military Disability
Retirements]. FPCD-77-45; B-168308. April 18, 1977. 6 pp.
Report to Secretary, Departmant of Defense; by H. L. Krieger,
Director, Federal Personnel and Ccpensation Div.
Issue Area: Personnel Management and Compensation (300);
Personnel Management and Compensation: Conjensation (305).
Contact: Federal Personnel and Coufensation Div.
Budget Function: National Defense: Department of Defense -
Military (except procurement & contracts) (051); National
Defense: Military Assistance (C52).
Organizaticn Concerned: Department of the Army; Department of
the Air force; Eepartment of the Favy.
Congressional Relevance: House Comwittev on Armed Services;
Senate Cowmittee on Armed Services.
Authority: P.L- 94-225. 10 U.S.C. 61. Department of Defense
Directive 1332.18.
A followup review of military disability retirement
processing was conducted. Findings/Conclusions: Both the
current and prior reviews show that the military departments are
not uniform in processing disability retirements and
separations. There has been a lack of monitoring and enforcement
by the Eepartment of Defense (DOD) to assure uniform
consideration ..nd disposition of the disabled members. There are
significant differences amcng the departments between the
elapsed time periods for preparing retirement orders following
the retirelent detersination and for establishing effective
dates of retirements. There are also inconsistencies among the
military departments in the processing of disability cases for
members with terminal medical conditions. Reccmsendations: DOD
should issue a revision to DOD Directive 1332.18 which
incorporates the following recommendations: establish the 20-day
standard for processing disability retirements; insure that
service regulations conform to the revised directive; and
establish a uniform Eolicy on expediting processing of
disability retirements for terminally ill members. The directive
should also provide for uniform consideration and disposition of
disabled members who are also eligible for nondisability
retirement. To insure that service disability retirement
practices are uniform and conform to DOD regulations, DOD should
perform periodic audits and inspections of the operational
systems. (SC)](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.gao/gaobaacdy0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)