Separation due to physical disability incurred in line of duty.
Section 13
SEC. 13. Separation due to physical disability incurred in line of duty.—(a) Any officer who is separated from the active service for total physical disability incurred in the service and in line of duty, before completing twenty-five years of government service, shall receive either (1) a gratuity, payable in lump sum, equivalent to one month's base and longevity pay of the grade next higher than the grade he held at the time of his separation, multiplied by the years of government service rendered, but which shall not, in any case, be less than six month's base and longevity pay; or (2) a monthly separation pay equivalent to two and one-half per cent of the grade next higher than the grade he held at the time of his separation, for each year's government service rendered, but not less than fifteen per cent nor more than seventy-five per cent of such base and longevity pay. (b) Any officer who is separated from the service for partial physical disability incurred in the service and in line of duty, before completing twenty-five years of government service shall receive either (1) a gratuity equivalent to one month's base and longevity pay of the grade he held at the time of his separation, multiplied by the years of service rendered, but which shall not, in any case, be less than six month's base and longevity pay; or (2) monthly separation pay equivalent to two and one-half per cent of the monthly base and longevity pay of the grade he held at the time of his separation for each year's service rendered, but not less than fifteen nor more than seventy-five per cent of such base and longevity pay.