[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 5, Volume 1, Parts 1 to 699] [Revised as of January 1, 2001] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 5CFR315.707] [Page 163] TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT PART 315--CAREER AND CAREER-CONDITIONAL EMPLOYMENT--Table of Contents Subpart G--Conversion to Career or Career-Conditional Employment From Other Types of Employment Sec. 315.707 Disabled veterans. (a) Eligibility. (1) Subject to requirements concerning qualifications and probationary period published by the Office in the Federal Personnel Manual, 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. (2) To be eligible for conversion under this paragraph, the veteran must: (i) Have been retired from active military service with a disability rating of 30 percent or more; (ii) Have been rated by the Veterans Administration within the preceding year as having a compensable service-connected disability of 30 percent or more; or (iii) Have had such a rating by the Veterans Administration at the time of a qualifying temporary appointment effected within the year immediately preceding the conversion. (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. (2) A person appointed under paragraph (a) of this section becomes a career employee if excepted from the service requirement for career tenure by Sec. 315.201(c). (c) Acquisition of competitive status. A person converted under paragraph (a) of this section acquires a competitive status automatically on completion of probation. [44 FR 44813, July 31, 1979. Redesignated at 44 FR 63080, Nov. 2, 1979]