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Timestamp: 2017-06-25 05:17:28
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 532', '§ 533', '§ 532', '§ 12206', '§ 12207', '§ 533', '§ 12207']

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Constructive Credit:
Constructive credit is used to determine rank and grade based on prior service and advance degrees. The purpose of constructive credits is to provide grade and date of rank comparability for persons commissioned after obtaining advanced education, training or experience relative to a contemporary who began commissioned service immediately after obtaining a baccalaureates degree.
10 U.S. Code § 532: Original appointments in the medical and dental specialties maybe made in grades O2 to O6.
10 U.S. Code § 533: Upon receiving an original appointment in the Armed Forces, each officer shall be credited with prior active commissioned service (other than service as a commissioned warrant officer) in any armed forces, NOAA, or the Public Health Service that was complete prior to the appointment. Under SECDEF regulation, each appointed officer gains constructive credit for training, education and experience in the following ways:
Credit for periods of advanced education in health profession other than medicine or dentistry if such education is relevant to the appointed positions. Up to one year may be credited for any internship or professional training relevant to the needs of the military.
Up to one year may be credited for each additional year of graduate-level training or experience towards any certifications in specialties needed by the military. Except as authorized by SECDEF, total constructive credit cannot exceed that which is needed for an original appointment in O4. Medical and dental officers are exempt and, in accordance with 10 U.S. Code § 532, may be appointed to grades up to O6.
10 U.S. Code § 12206: When former active-duty officers are appointed as officers in the Reserves, those officer may be placed in the reserve active status list (RASL) in the same competitive category and grade as they had formerly held.
10 U.S. Code § 12207: Officers receiving original appointments in the Reserves will be credited for any service as a regular officer in any armed forces, NOAA or the Public Health Service. Under SECDEF regulation, each appointed Reserve officer gains constructive credit for training, education and experience in the following ways:
Credit for periods of advanced education in health profession other than medicine or dentistry if such education is relevant to the appointed positions. Up to one year maybe credited for any internship or professional training relevant to the needs of the military.
SECDEF may authorize Service Secretaries to credit medical, dental, nursing, veterinary, and JAG appointees such that they are appointed at O3. Back to Top
DODI 1312.03: USD (P&R) develops, establishes, maintains and oversees policies involving service credit determination in a manner that is consistent with 10 USC § 533 and § 12207. Service secretaries ensure compliance with this Instruction and recommend changes to the Instruction to the USD (P&R).
The number of years creditable as constructive service credit may not exceed the following:
Chaplains: Entry grade credit shall not exceed 3 years, and credit for 7 or more years of extensive practical experience in a ministry shall not exceed 1.
JAG Officers: Entry grade for appointment designation shall not exceed 3 years.
Other Categories: Entry grade credit for appointment designation shall not exceed 1 year for each year of relevant advanced education.
Entry grade for special experience shall not exceed half a year for each year of experience and shall not exceed 3 years in total.
Graduates of Service Academies may not receive credits for services, education, training or experience obtained prior to graduation. Total entry grade granted, except to health professional officers and appointments of Reserve officers as Regular officers, shall not exceed that which is necessary for O4, unless waived by a Service Secretary.
DODI 6000.13: Constructive credit is awarded as follows:
4 years for completion of first professional degrees, including medical (MD), osteopathy (DO), dental (DDS or DMD), optometry (OD), podiatry (PodD or DP), veterinary (DVM), and pharmacy (PhD).
Actual full-time equivalent education, up to 2 years for a master’s degree and 4 years for a doctorate in a health profession other than medicine and dentistry. Year-for-year credit or (or day-for-day if less than a year in duration) for successful completion of a residency, internship, or fellowship required by the Service.
Year-for-year credit for additional special experience or qualifications, as determined by the Service Secretary.
AFI 36-2005: Contains tables listing the amount of constructive credit to be awarded for professional or educational training to medical, dental, biomedical sciences corps, medical service corps, nurse corps officers, chaplains, and JAGs. When education or training overlaps other creditable service, the constructive service is counted first, then the other creditable service for any overlapping period is reduced. Full constructive credit through the date the officer completed professional requirements is awarded.
AR 135-101: Contains tables listing the amount of constructive credit to be awarded to Medical, Dental, Medical Service, Veterinary, Nurse, and Medical Specialist Corps officers. The maximum entry grade credit for appointment in the MC or DC is 14 years. For appointment in the ANC, MSC, VC, or AMSC, entry grade credit granted (with or without concurrent call to active duty) will be more than the amount required for entry grade O4 as if the officer were to be concurrently called to active duty in the corps concerned.
DA PAM 165-17: Chaplains without prior commissioned service are awarded 3 years entry grade credit and are appointed in the grade of first lieutenant.
DA PAM 600-3: Judge advocates commissioned directly from civilian life enter active duty as Active Army officers. They are awarded 18 months constructive credit for promotion for the time spent in law school.
In general, for each year of previous service with the armed forces in a capacity relevant to the appointment, the appointee is credited with one year of constructive credit. Additionally, an appointee is credited with a year of service for each year spent pursuing advanced education that is required/relevant for the appointment.
Separate policies regarding constructive credit for Medical, Dental, Nursing, Medical Services, Chaplain, Civil Engineering, JAG Corps are enumerated in OPNAVINST 1120.4A, OPNAVINST 1120.5A, OPNAVINST 1120.7, OPNAVINST 1120.8, OPNAVINST 1120.9 ,OPNAVINST 1120.10, and OPNAVINST 1120.11.