(1) Any employee of the state who has been rated by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs or its predecessor to have incurred a service-connected disability and has been scheduled by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs to be reexamined or treated for the disability shall be granted administrative leave for such reexamination or treatment without loss of pay or benefits. In no event shall the paid leave under this section exceed 6 calendar days a year.
(2) The department may adopt any rule necessary to carry out the purpose of this section.