12 2 STA T . 1 40PUBLIC LA W 110 – 1 8 1 —J A N .28 , 2008 who h aves e r ve dinI ra q and Afg hanis t an sin c e O cto b er 20 0 1 have been se p arated fro m the Armed F orces on the basis of a persona l it y disorder , and the identification of the vario u s forms of personality disorder forming the basis for such separations .(C) A summary of the policies, by Armed Force, control - ling administrative separations of members of the Armed Forces based on personality disorder, and an evaluation of the adequacy of such policies for ensuring that covered members of the Armed Forces who may be eligible for disability evaluation due to mental health conditions are not separated from the Armed Forces on the basis of a personality disorder. ( D ) A discussion of measures being implemented to ensure that members of the Armed Forces who should be evaluated for disability separation or retirement due to mental health conditions are not processed for separation from the Armed Forces on the basis of a personality dis- order, and recommendations regarding how members of the Armed Forces who may have been so separated from the Armed Forces should be provided with e x pedited review by the applicable board for the correction of military records. (b) C OMPTR O L L E R G E N ER A L R EPORT ON P OL IC IE S ONA D MINIS- TRATI V E S EPARATION B ASED ON PERSONALIT Y DISORDER. — (1) REPORT RE QU IRED.— N ot later than J une 1, 200 8 , the Comptroller General shall submit to Congress a report evalu- ating the policies and procedures of the Department of Defense and of the military departments relating to the separation of members of the Armed Forces based on a personality dis- order. (2) E LEMENTS.— T he report required by paragraph (1) shall— (A) include an audit of a sampling of cases to determine the validity and clinical efficacy of the policies and proce- dures referred to in paragraph (1) and the extent, if any, of the divergence between the terms of such policies and procedures and the implementation of such policies and procedures
and (B) include a determination by the Comptroller General of whether, and to what extent, the policies and procedures referred to in paragraph (1)— (i) deviate from standard clinical diagnostic prac- tices and current clinical standards; and (ii) provide adequate safeguards aimed at ensuring that members of the Armed Forces who suffer from mental health conditions (including depression, post- traumatic stress disorder, or traumatic brain in j ury) resulting from service in a combat z one are not sepa- rated from the Armed Forces on the basis of a person- ality disorder. ( 3 ) ALTERNATIVE SU B MISSION MET H OD.—In lieu of submit- ting a separate report under this subsection, the Comptroller may include the evaluation, audit and determination required by this subsection as part of the study of mental health services required by section 7 23 of the Ronald W . Reagan National
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