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All classifications of career and non-career Postal Service employees are eligible for Wounded Warriors Leave if all of the following applies:
- They meet one of the eligibility requirements provided under Eligible Employees, and
- They have not previously established eligibility for Wounded Warriors Leave.
Eligible employees are entitled to only one 12-Month Eligibility Period in connection with Postal Service employment.
To be eligible, you must meet the criteria of one of the following:
- A career or non-career employee:
- With a full-time, part-time, or non-traditional schedule;
- Who begins serving his or her first appointment on or after November 5, 2016; and
- Who has a single or combined service-connected disability rating of 30 percent or more.
- Employees who:
- Leave the Postal Service’s employment to participate in active duty military service;
- Return directly from that military service to a career or non-career appointment on or after November 5, 2016; and
- Have sustained a single or combined service-connected disability rating of 30 percent or more that was incurred during the employee’s immediate absence.
- Employees who:
- Take military leave from the Postal Service to participate in active-duty military service;
- Return directly from that military leave on or after November 5, 2016; and
- During military leave sustain a single or combined service-connected disability rating of 30 percent or more that was incurred during the employee’s military leave.
Employees who begin employment with the Postal Service on or after November 5, 2016, with pending disability determinations, who at any time during the first 12 months of employment receive a 30 percent or more disability rating, will be eligible for leave retroactively to the first day of employment. Any leave without pay (LWOP) or leave used while the determination is pending will be reimbursed and replaced with Wounded Warriors Leave, as appropriate, up to the maximum number of days allowed.
If an employee’s service-connected disability rating is decreased to below 30 percent or discontinued during the Twelve-Month Eligibility Period, then the employee no longer has a qualifying service-connected disability. The employee must notify the supervisor of the effective date of the change in the disability rating. The employee is no longer eligible for Wounded Warriors Leave as of the effective date of the rating change.
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