Thompson v. United States

This is an action for disability retirement benefits under section 402(a) of the Career Compensation Act of 1949, 63 Stat. 802, as amended, and found in 10 U.S.C. 1201.

While serving as an artillery officer in combat in Korea, plaintiff was injured on February 15,1951, by an exploding hand grenade. As a result of these wounds, plaintiff suffered considerable diminution of vision in his left eye, and *160retains several small metal fragments in tlie head and neck.

After protracted treatment of these injuries, on December 19, 1951, the Surgeon General found plaintiff qualified physically for…