Babcock v. Kijakazi, 595 U.S. ___ (2022), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that civil-service pension payments based on employment as a dual-status military technician are not payments based on "service as a member of a uniformed service" under 42 U.S.C. § 415(1)(7)(A)(III).

[1][2] Babcock worked as a dual-status technician for the National Guard from 1975 to 2009, and he was hired on as a civilian before some staffing organization changes in 1984.

[2] In essence, the government's position was that Babcock was hired as a civilian and was never a member of the National Guard.

Accordingly, the government reduced his Social Security benefits because an exception that shielded service members from the reduction did not cover Babcock.

[2] This article incorporates written opinion of a United States federal court.