Under P.L. 86-415, employment as a PHS Reserve officer after 12/31/56 and before 7/1/60
cannot be used to figure insured status or to compute the PIA for benefits after June
1960 unless all Civil Service annuity rights based on the same service are waived.
The waiver must be filed by the officer if they are alive or by their widow and by
or on behalf of all the officer's children after their death, and must renounce all
future rights under the Civil Service Retirement Act based in this period. The lump-sum
death payment and RSDI benefits for months before 7/60 are not affected by P.L. 86-415.
These benefits may be based on all covered employment including the PHS Reserve officers
service for 1/1/57 - 6/30/60.