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10 U.S.C. § 1401 - U.S. Code - Unannotated Title 10. Armed Forces § 1401. Computation of retired pay

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) Disability, non-regular service, warrant officer, and DOPMA retirement.--The monthly retired pay of a person entitled thereto under this subtitle is computed according to the following table. For each case covered by a section of this title named in the column headed “For sections”, retired pay is computed by taking, in order, the steps prescribed opposite it in columns 1, 2, and 3, as modified by the applicable footnotes.

For-

For

mula

sec-

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

No.

tions

Take

Multiply by

Add

1

1201
1204

Retired pay base as computed under section 1406(b) or 1407.

As member elects--
 (1) the retired pay multiplier determined for the member under section 1409 of this title;1 or
 (2) the percentage of disability, not to exceed 75%, on date when retired.

2

1202
1205

Retired pay base as computed under section 1406(b) or 1407.

As member elects--
 (1) the retired pay multiplier determined for the member under section 1409 of this title;1 or
 (2) the percentage of disability, not to exceed 75%, on date when his name was placed on temporary disability retired list.

Amount necessary to increase product of columns 1 and 2 to 50% of retired pay base upon which computation is based.

[3 Repealed. Pub.L. 103-337, Div. A, Title XVI, § 1662(j)(2), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 3004]

4

580
1263
1293
1305

Retired pay base as computed under section 1406(b) or 1407.

The retired pay multiplier prescribed in section 1409 for the years of service credited to him under section 1405.

5

633
634
635
636
1251
1252
1253

Retired pay base as computed under section 1406(b) or 1407.

The retired pay multiplier prescribed in section 1409 for the years of service credited to him under section 1405.

1 Before applying percentage factor, credit each full month of service that is in addition to the number of full years of service creditable to the member as one-twelfth of a year and disregard any remaining fractional part of a month.

(b) Use of most favorable formula.--If a person would otherwise be entitled to retired pay computed under more than one formula of the table in subsection (a) or of any other provision of law, the person is entitled to be paid under the applicable formula that is most favorable to him.

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