James D. Morrow v. The United States

LARAMORE, Judge.

Plaintiff, a Reserve Lieutenant Colonel, was called to a tour of duty in 1947. He claims that during this tour of duty he contracted multiple sclerosis and that, on the termination of this duty on August 1, 1948, he should have been retired for physical disability and, accordingly, alleges he is entitled to disability retirement pay from that date.

The pertinent facts briefly are these: Plaintiff served as a member of the Officers’ Reserve Corps of the Army from January 13, 1941, to June 14, 1946. On September 5, 1947, he was ordered to “active * * * training” at the Military…