Nelson v. United States

The issue is whether plaintiff, a dentist, who was inducted into the Armed Forces under the Doctors Draft Law, as amended in 1953, is entitled to the pay and allowances of a captain, rather than at the grade of a private, for which he was paid.

The plaintiff was overage and was not subject to military service under the general provisions of the Universal Military Training and Service Act, 50 U. S. C. App. § 454.

*491Plaintiff, however, was subject to the Doctors Draft Act of September 9,1950, 64 Stat. 826, 828. He registered under that act and in April 1953 made application for a commission in the…