Using tsql greater than sign in CASE Expression

Question

(case [dbo].[YearsInService]([DateEngaged],getdate())
   when (0) then (0) 
   when (1) then (4) 
   when (2) then (8)
    when (3) then (12)
     when (4) then (32)         


        

Answer 1

Assuming (from your comment) that when DateEngaged is NULL, it causes YearsInService to be NULL, then I'd remove your current ELSE clause, and then use that for all other cases, something like:

case COALESCE([dbo].[YearsInService]([DateEngaged],getdate()),-1)
when (-1) then (-1)
when (0) then (0) 
when (1) then (4) 
when (2) then (8)
when (3) then (12)
 when (4) then (32) 
 when (5) then (40) 
 when (6) then (48) 
 when (7) then (56) 
 when (8) then (104) 
 when (9) then (117) 
 else (150) end

If there's a concern about future-dated DateEngaged values, I'd deal with that inside of YearsInService rather than try to deal with it in the CASE expression.