Limitations on retirement and retired pay

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Title 14—COAST GUARD > SUBTITLE II—PERSONNEL > CHAPTER 25—PERSONNEL; GENERAL PROVISIONS > SUBCHAPTER I—GENERAL PROVISIONS

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The provisions of any section of this title shall not be construed so as to prevent any member from being placed on the retired list with the highest grade or rate and the highest retired pay to which the member may be entitled under the provisions of any other section of this title or under any other law.

( Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393 , 63 Stat. 525 , § 424; Pub. L. 98–557, § 15(a)(3)(A) , Oct. 30, 1984 , 98 Stat. 2865 ; Pub. L. 99–348, title II, § 205(b)(11) , July 1, 1986 , 100 Stat. 700 ; renumbered § 2505, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 114(b) , Dec. 4, 2018 , 132 Stat. 4223 .)

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