37 U.S.C. § 328 : US Code - Section 328: Combat-related injury rehabilitation pay

Search 37 U.S.C. § 328 : US Code - Section 328: Combat-related injury rehabilitation pay

(a) Special Pay Authorized. - The Secretary concerned may pay
monthly special pay under this section to a member of the armed
forces who, while in the line of duty, incurs a wound, injury, or
illness in a combat operation or combat zone designated by the
Secretary of Defense and is evacuated from the theater of the
combat operation or from the combat zone for medical treatment.
(b) Commencement of Payment. - Subject to subsection (c), the
special pay authorized by subsection (a) may be paid to a member
described in such subsection for any month beginning after the date
on which the member was evacuated from the theater of the combat
operation or the combat zone in which the member incurred the
combat-related injury.
(c) Termination of Payments. - The payment of special pay to a
member under subsection (a) shall terminate at the end of the first
month during which any of the following occurs:
(1) The member is paid a benefit under the traumatic injury
protection rider of the Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance
Program issued under section 1980A of title 38.
(2) The member receives notification of the eligibility of the
member for a benefit under such traumatic injury protection rider
and a period of 30 days expires after the date of such
notification.
(3) The member is no longer hospitalized in a military
treatment facility or a facility under the auspices of the
military health care system.
(d) Amount of Special Pay. - The monthly amount of special pay
paid to a member under this section shall be equal to $430, less
any payment received by the member for the same month under section
310(b) of this title.
(e) Relationship to Other Pay and Allowances. - Special pay paid
to a member under this section is in addition to any other pay and
allowances to which the member is entitled or authorized to
receive.