§ 213a. Rights, benefits, privileges, and immunities for commissioned officers or beneficiaries; exercise of authority by Secretary or designee
(a)
Commissioned officers of the Service or their surviving beneficiaries are entitled to all the rights, benefits, privileges, and immunities now or hereafter provided for commissioned officers of the Army or their surviving beneficiaries under the following provisions of title 10:
(1)
Section
1036, Escorts for dependents of members: transportation and travel allowances.
(2)
Chapter 61, Retirement or Separation for Physical Disability, except that sections
1201,
1202, and
1203 do not apply to commissioned officers of the Public Health Service who have been ordered to active duty for training for a period of more than 30 days.
(3)
Chapter 69, Retired Grade, except sections
1370,
1374,
1375 and
1376
(a).
(4)
Chapter 71, Computation of Retired Pay, except formula No. 3 of section
1401.
(5)
Chapter 73, Retired Serviceman’s Family Protection Plan; Survivor Benefit Plan.
(6)
Chapter 75, Death Benefits.
(7)
Section
2771, Final settlement of accounts: deceased members.
(8)
Chapter 163, Military Claims, but only when commissioned officers of the Service are entitled to military benefits under section
213 of this title.
(9)
Section
2603, Acceptance of fellowships, scholarships, or grants.
(10)
Section
2634, Motor vehicles: for members on permanent change of station.
(11)
Section
1035, Deposits of Savings.
(12)
Section
1552, Correction of military records: claims incident thereto.
(13)
Section
1553, Review of discharge or dismissal.
(14)
Section
1554, Review of retirement or separation without pay for physical disability.
(15)
Section
1124, Cash awards for suggestions, inventions, or scientific achievements.
(16)
Section
1052, Reimbursement for adoption expenses.
(17)
Section
1059, Transitional compensation and commissary and exchange benefits for dependents of members separated for dependent abuse.
(b)
The authority vested by title 10 in the “military departments”, “the Secretary concerned”, or “the Secretary of Defense” with respect to the rights, privileges, immunities, and benefits referred to in subsection (a) of this section shall be exercised, with respect to commissioned officers of the Service, by the Secretary of Health and Human Services or his designee.
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