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7. Do I have to choose between service-connected and non-service connected?
Your application for a disability retirement will ask you to state if you are applying for a service- connected disability. If you are, you may also indicate that you will accept a non-service- connected disability in the event the Medical Examining Board decides that your condition is not service-connected.
Even if you accept the non-service-connected disability, you may still seek reconsideration of the decision regarding service connection.