DD-214 Separation Program Designator
SPD Code JFL
Disability, Severance Pay
Grounded meaning (1)
Every grounded usage appears below with none picked as the answer. Meanings differ by the service that issued the form and, for some codes, by era. Compare the narrative phrase with the words printed on your own form.
Army
Historical usage from earlier-era records · Superseded; a successor code is recorded
Disability discharge with severance pay after a physical evaluation board found the member unfit for continued service.
Replaced by JFI (combat related) and JFO (non-combat related) for separations after the 13 March 2008 DoD memorandum.
On the form
- Narrative reasonDisability, Severance Pay
- Authority stated in the recordsAR 635-40, Paragraph 4-24b(3)
Public records behind this usage
- Army BCMR · 2009Read the record
- Army BCMR · 2011Read the record
Authorities and pairings vary by service and era; the citations on your own form govern. Block numbers vary by form printing: this code prints at block 28 on the current Certificate of Uniformed Service and at block 26 on the supported older Army layout. The DD-214 worksheet matches your copy.
DoD does not release the consolidated SPD list publicly, so this entry is grounded only in the public official records listed above, each stating the code together with its meaning.
This page decodes the code; it is not benefits, legal, or reenlistment advice. If the entry on your form looks wrong, the services' Discharge Review Boards and Boards for Correction of Military Records exist to correct records. Benefits questions start at the Department of Veterans Affairs.