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HRD-94-50R 1 (1993-11-03)

handle is hein.gao/gaobackmv0001 and id is 1 raw text is: States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Human Resources Division B-251313 November 3, 1993 The Honorable G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery Chairman, Committee on Veterans' Affairs House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: This letter responds to your request for information on the Department of Defense's (DOD) military disability retirement program. In August 1992, we reported to you that during fiscal years 1981 through 1990, 30 percent of all military officers who retired on disability retired at a point in their careers when they were eligible for normal retirement, which requires 20 or more years of service. We also reported that only 8.5 percent of all enlisted members who retired on disability were similarly eligible.1 As a result, you asked us to determine whether officers eligible for normal retirement were more likely to retire on disability than enlisted members with similar lengths of service who retire on disability. RESULTS IN BRIEF During fiscal years 1981 through 1990, 9,015 military personnel (officers and enlisted members) retired on disability after 20 or more years of service. They were also eligible for normal retirement. We found that the cohort of officers with 20 or more years of service are less likely to retire on disability than enlisted members with similar service. The probability of either officers or enlisted members who are eligible for normal retirement retiring on disability is very small; about 1 percent of all service members eligible for normal retirement retired on disability during fiscal years 1981 through 1990. BACKGROUND Military personnel are eligible for normal retirement upon completion of 20 or more years of active-duty service. ISelected Data on Military and VA Recipients (GAO/HRD- 92-106 Aug. 13, 1992). GAO/HRD-94-50R Military Disability Retirement

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