In order for a Soldier to receive disability retirement, he or she must have either a minimum combined disability rating of 30% under the VASRD OR a total of how many years of service as computed under 10 USC 1208?

In order for a Soldier to receive disability retirement, he or she must have either a minimum combined disability rating of 30% under the VASRD OR a total of how many years of service as computed under 10 USC 1208?

• A. 10
• B. 20
• C. 25
• D. 30

Answer: (B)

Disability retirement can come from two paths: a disability rating path or a service-length path. The rating path requires a combined VA rating of at least 30 percent, showing the condition limits the ability to serve. The service-length path uses time in service as computed under 10 USC 1208, and the minimum for this route is twenty years. So, a Soldier with twenty years of service who is medically unfit for continued duty can be retired due to disability even if the disability rating is below 30 percent. The other options don’t fit because ten years is far below any standard retirement threshold, while twenty-five or thirty years align with other long-service retirement provisions, not the disability-retirement criterion described.

Disability retirement can come from two paths: a disability rating path or a service-length path. The rating path requires a combined VA rating of at least 30 percent, showing the condition limits the ability to serve. The service-length path uses time in service as computed under 10 USC 1208, and the minimum for this route is twenty years. So, a Soldier with twenty years of service who is medically unfit for continued duty can be retired due to disability even if the disability rating is below 30 percent. The other options don’t fit because ten years is far below any standard retirement threshold, while twenty-five or thirty years align with other long-service retirement provisions, not the disability-retirement criterion described.