Eicks v. United States

REED, Justice (Retired), sitting by designation.

Plaintiff, a commissioned officer of the Navy, was retired for disability as of May 1, 1944, after service from August 20, 1917. The retirement order was approved by the President April 28, 1944. Plaintiff received notice of the President’s action May 14, 1944, and that he had been placed on the retired list as of May 1, 1944.

Prior to his retirement as of May 1, he had been hospitalized by Navy orders, detaching him from duty and ordering him after medical treatment to proceed to his home pending final retirement. The orders referred to were…