Section 8-B1811. RETENTION STANDING: VETERANS PREFERENCE

 

1811.1Veterans preference eligibility shall be determined in accordance with applicable federal law and regulations.

 

1811.2A retired member of a military service shall be considered a preference eligible under this chapter only if he or she meets at least one (1) of the following conditions:

 

(a)The employee's military retirement is based on disability that either:

 

(1)Resulted from injury or disease received in the line of duty as a direct result of armed conflict ; or

 

(2)Was caused by an instrumentality of war incurred in the line of duty during a period of war as defined by §§101 and 301 of Title 38, U.S. Code;

 

(b)The employee's military service does not include twenty (20) or more years of full-time active service, regardless of when performed. However, this total does not include periods of active service for training; or

 

(c)The employee has been employed continuously since November 30, 1964, in a position without a break in service of more than thirty (30) days.

 

1811.3An employee who would otherwise be considered a preference eligible under conditions in §1811.2 (b) or (c) shall not be considered a preference eligible for purposes of this chapter if the employee retired at or above the rank of major or its equivalent.

 

1811.4A preference eligible having a service-connected disability of thirty percent (30%) or more shall be credited with eight (8) years of additional service.

 

1811.5A preference eligible other than as described in §1811.4 shall be credited with four (4) years of additional service.