14 U.S.C. § 295 : US Code - Section 295: Deferment of retirement or separation for medical reasons

Search 14 U.S.C. § 295 : US Code - Section 295: Deferment of retirement or separation for medical reasons

(a) Subject to subsection (b), the Secretary may defer the
retirement or separation of a commissioned officer, other than a
commissioned warrant officer, if the evaluation of the physical
condition of the officer and determination of the officer's
entitlement to retirement or separation for physical disability
require hospitalization, medical observation, or other physical
disability processing that cannot be completed before the date on
which the officer would otherwise be retired or separated.
(b) A deferment under subsection (a) -
(1) may only be made with the consent of the officer involved;
and
(2) if the Secretary receives written notice from the officer
withdrawing that consent, shall end not later than the end of the
sixty-day period beginning on the date the Secretary receives
that notice.