[ASOC]

The active duty member may not sue.

The wife, OTOH, may sue the living crud out of the USAF.

I suspect she is fending off competing lawyers as I write this.

I suspect the surgeon was working up for some kind of board certification - a common problem.

A good side effect would for the ‘doctor’ to be

drummed out out of the AF
lose his medical license

Had a run-in with a bad doc back in the day as an AD Air Force puke. The ‘Doc’ wound up as a real estate salesman in Moses Lake, WA. No pay or pension.

[SC DOC]

A good side effect would for the ‘doctor’ to be drummed out out of the AF lose his medical license

Unless things have changed since I was in the Army Medical Corp 30 some years ago, a doctor did not have to have a medical license to practice in the military or VA.

[HiTech RedNeck]

If he has no spouse, can his dog or cat sue?