Furlong v. United States

Plaintiff, a former Army reserve officer, sues to recover disability retired pay from July 18, 1946, to date, less disability compensation received from the Veterans Administration. He claims the action of the Army Eetiring Board, which declined to discharge him for physical disability, and the action of the Correction Board in refusing to set aside the action of the Eetiring Board, were arbitrary and capricious.

On September 12, 1945, plaintiff, a staff supply and logistics officer in the Pacific Theatre, was wounded by a 30-caliber bullet, which struck him in the abdomen and lodged in his…