Wood v. United States

Plaintiff, a former officer in the Air Force, with more than 12 years’ active service, sues to recover disability retirement pay from April 14, 1950, the day following his release from active duty for the convenience of the Government, and not by reason of physical disability. At the time he held the rank of lieutenant colonel.

*739The questions presented for our decision are (1) whether plaintiff was permanently physically unfit to perform the required duties of his office at the time of his release and (2) whether the Department of the Air Force and its Board for the Correction of Military…