Abstract: The author consider aspects of measures of social support for combat invalids in the context of participation of citizens of the Russian Federation in a special military operation. The study pays special attention to the legal status of state civil servants of the Russian Federation who took part in a special military operation as part of conscription for military service on mobilization, as well as participation in volunteer formations. The author examines the novelties of domestic legal regulation in this and related fields. A number of scientific papers are also being considered, within the framework of which the effect of attracting veterans to civil service abroad is being investigated. Using comparative legal and formal legal methods, the author establishes the framework of current regulation and determines possible prospects for its development. Based on the conducted research, the author concludes that there is a need for an integrated approach to the labor adaptation of combat invalids and taking into account their merits and individual characteristics when forming the personnel of the public administration system in the Russian Federation. This article serves as a starting point for starting work on the study of the main areas of improvement of legal regulation in terms of determining the requirements and procedures of the mechanism for selecting the optimal position in order to maintain a balance between the public interests of society and the private interests of the employee.