Restrictions for Public Health Service (PHS) and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) enlistments This discharge cannot be authorized by the PHS and NOAA as only officers serve in those branches. Disability This discharge is for those individuals who Discharge are discharged or released from active duty for a disability determined to be SC without presumptive provisions of law, or at the time of discharge, had such an SC disability shown by official records which, in medical judgment, would have justified a discharge for disability. Compensable This discharge applies to individuals with a compensable SC SC Disability disability. Discharge This discharge is issued to an individual who incurred an SC from Reserve disability from an inactive duty training injury and is Status for subsequently discharged or released from Reserve status for Disability that disability. The individual should be considered to have been discharged or released from active service. d. Entitlement Entitlement to any benefit legally provided prior to the date of enactment of , to Benefits October 1, 1981, based on minimum active duty service requirements in Before effect at that time, is not affected. Enactment of 38 U.S.C. An individual issued a certificate of eligibility for a VA home loan Example: 5303A guaranty prior to October 1, 1981, continues to be eligible for that benefit even though his/her active duty service no longer qualifies him/her under . 5. General Information Regarding Verification of Service and Character of Discharge
Restrictions for Public Health Service (PHS) and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) enlistments This discharge cannot be authorized by the PHS and NOAA as only officers serve in those branches. Disability Discharge This discharge is for those individuals who are discharged or released from active duty for a disability determined to be SC without presumptive provisions of law, or at the time of discharge, had such an SC disability shown by official records which, in medical judgment, would have justified a discharge for disability. Compensable SC Disability This discharge applies to individuals with a compensable SC disability. Discharge from Reserve Status for Disability This discharge is issued to an individual who incurred an SC disability from an inactive duty training injury and is subsequently discharged or released from Reserve status for that disability. The individual should be considered to have been discharged or released from active service. d. Entitlement to Benefits Before Enactment of 38 U.S.C. 5303A Entitlement to any benefit legally provided prior to the date of enactment of , October 1, 1981, based on minimum active duty service requirements in effect at that time, is not affected. Example: An individual issued a certificate of eligibility for a VA home loan guaranty prior to October 1, 1981, continues to be eligible for that benefit even though his/her active duty service no longer qualifies him/her under . 5. General Information Regarding Verification of Service and Character of Discharge
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