{"data":{"id":"us/5-cfr-315.707","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"5 CFR 315.707","heading":"Disabled veterans.","body":"(a) Eligibility. (1) Subject to requirements concerning qualifications and probationary period published by the Office, an agency may convert the employment of a disabled veteran who meets the conditions below to career or career-conditional employment from a time-limited appointment of more than 60 days.\n(2) To be eligible for conversion under this paragraph, the veteran must:\n(i) Have been retired from active military service with a disability rating of 30 percent or more;\n(ii) Have been rated by the Department of Veterans Affairs since 1991 or later, or by a branch of the Armed Forces at any time, as having a compensable service-connected disability of 30 percent or more; or\n(iii) Have been so rated by the Department of Veterans Affairs, or by a branch of the Armed Forces, at the time of a qualifying temporary appointment effected within the year immediately preceding, or a term appointment effected within four years immediately preceding, the conversion.\n(b) Tenure on conversion. (1) Except as provided in paragraph (b)(2) of this section, a person converted under paragraph (a) of this section becomes a career-conditional employee.\n(2) A person appointed under paragraph (a) of this section becomes a career employee if excepted from the service requirement for career tenure by § 315.201(c).\n(c) Acquisition of competitive status. A person converted under paragraph (a) of this section acquires a competitive status automatically on completion of probation.","path":["Title 5—Administrative Personnel","CHAPTER I—OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT","SUBCHAPTER B—CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS","PART 315—CAREER AND CAREER-CONDITIONAL EMPLOYMENT","Subpart G—Conversion to Career or Career-Conditional Employment From Other Types of Employment"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-5.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:23:53Z","sha256":"708b228376eed25f0f52f8aa68075eeb7ea913795adef835e9d5165c20471d14","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/5-cfr-315.706","next":"us/5-cfr-315.708"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}