Federal · Title 10 — Armed Forces

10 U.S.C. § 12740: Eligibility: denial upon certain punitive discharges or dismissals

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This statute defines eligibility criteria for a benefit or status, denying it to military members convicted under military law with certain severe discharges or death sentences.

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is convicted of an offense under the Uniform Code of Military Justice (chapter 47 of this title) and whose sentence includes death; or is separated pursuant to sentence of a court-martial with a dishonorable discharge, a bad conduct discharge, or (in the case of an officer) a dismissal,

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