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Title 14—COAST GUARD > SUBTITLE I—ESTABLISHMENT, POWERS, DUTIES, AND ADMINISTRATION > CHAPTER 3—COMPOSITION AND ORGANIZATION > SUBCHAPTER II—POSITIONS

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An officer, other than the Commandant or Vice Commandant, who, while serving in the grade of admiral or vice admiral, is retired for physical disability shall be placed on the retired list with the highest grade in which that officer served satisfactorily, as determined under section 2501 of this title .

(Added Pub. L. 92–451, § 1(5) , Oct. 2, 1972 , 86 Stat. 755 , § 51; amended Pub. L. 99–348, title II, § 205(b)(3) , July 1, 1986 , 100 Stat. 700 ; Pub. L. 103–206, title II , §§ 204(d), 205(c), Dec. 20, 1993 , 107 Stat. 2421 , 2422; Pub. L. 111–281, title V, § 511(c) , Oct. 15, 2010 , 124 Stat. 2952 ; Pub. L. 114–120, title II, § 201(c) , Feb. 8, 2016 , 130 Stat. 33 ; Pub. L. 115–232, div. C, title XXXV, § 3528(b) , Aug. 13, 2018 , 132 Stat. 2318 ; renumbered § 306, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 104(b) , Dec. 4, 2018 , 132 Stat. 4196 ; Pub. L. 116–283, div. G, title LVXXXII [LXXXII], § 8201(b), Jan. 1, 2021 , 134 Stat. 4641 ; Pub. L. 119–60, div. G, title LXXII, § 7201(b) , Dec. 18, 2025 , 139 Stat. 1675 .)

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