of board determination that an officer has failed To establish that the officer should be retained (1) If a retention board determines that the officer has failed to establish that the officer should be retained in a Space Force active status, the board shall recommend to the Secretary of the Air Force one of the following: (A) That the officer be transferred to an inactive status. (B) That the officer, if qualified under any provision of law, be retired. (C) That the officer be discharged from the Space Force. (2) Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Air Force, an officer as to whom a retention board makes a recommendation under paragraph (1) that the officer not be retained in a Space Force active status may be required to take leave pending the completion of the officer's case under this chapter. The officer may be required to begin such leave at any time following the officer's receipt of the report of the retention board, including the board's recommendation for removal from a Space Force active status, and the expiration of any period allowed for submission by the officer of a rebuttal to that report. The leave may be continued until the date on which action by the Secretary of the Air Force on the officer's case is completed or may be terminated at any earlier time. (d) Effect of board determination that an officer has established that the officer should be retained (1) If a retention board determines that the officer has established that the officer should be retained in a Space Force active status, the officer's case is closed. (2) An officer who is required to show cause for retention in a Space Force active status under subsection (a) of section 20501 of this title and who is determined under paragraph (1) to have established that the officer should be retained in a Space Force active status may not again be required to show cause for retention in a Space Force active status under such subsection within the one-year period beginning on the date of that determination. (3) (A) Subject to