Leonard v. United States

On August 17,1942, plaintiff was given a temporary commission as a first lieutenant in the Army of the United States, for the duration of the war and six months thereafter, unless sooner terminated.

In April 1943 plaintiff was found by an Army Retiring Board to be physically incapacitated for active service, that his disability was not service connected, and he was accordingly on May 3, 1943, issued an honorable discharge (effective on that date) for physical disqualification.

On March 8, 1945, an Army Retiring Board set aside the previous findings, including the finding that plaintiff’s…