Acronyms
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A & A Aid and Attendance
ADL Activities of Daily Living
ALS Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
AMI Acute Myocardial Infarction (Also Acute Coronary Syndrome - Heart Attack)
AMIE Automated Medical Information Exchange
AO Agent Orange (Herbicide, Dioxin)
ARPERCEN Army Reserve Personnel Records Center
AWOL Absent WithOut Leave
ARNP Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner
BDN Benefits Delivery Network
BVA Board of Veterans Appeals
CAD Coronary Artery Disease
CAT Computerized Axial Tomography (CAT Scan, Radiology Imaging)
CAPRI Compensation and Pension Records Interchange
CBOC Community Based Outpatient Clinic; A facility generally providing access to outpatient health care needs.
CDC Centers for Disease Control
CRSC Combat-Related Special Compensation
C-File Claims File or Claims Folder, the materials and evidence gathered about you and your claim
CFR Code of Federal Regulations (VA regulations are contained in Title 38 of the Code of Federal Regulations.)
CHAMPVA Civilian Health & Medical Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs
CHF Congestive Heart Failure
CLC Community Living Center
CMOP Consolidated Mail Order Pharmacy
COBRA Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985
COLA Cost-0f-Living Adjustment
C & P Compensation and Pension
COE Certificate of Eligibility
COVERS Control of Veterans Records System
C & P Compensation and Pension (C&P Exam, C&P Division of VBA)
CPRS Computerized Patient Record System
CWT Compensated Work Therapy
Divorce In Military Families – How It’s Different & What You Need To Know
TRICARE - Health Care for Service Members and Others
What Do I Need to Know about the Federal Electronic Benefits Rules?
A Servicemembers Guide to Student Loan Interest Rates
Jim's Mailbag
Interactive Form and Letter Generators
CZTE Combat Zone Tax Exclusion
DD 214 A discharge document providing confirmation of military service and many details of service.
DIC Dependency Indemnity Compensation; A monthly Benefit paid to eligible survivors of certain veterans.
DoD Department of Defense
DRO Decision Review Officer; The DRO is a senior individual with authority to review and revise adjudications made by others.
DVA Department of Veterans Affairs; The proper term for VA. In common use either term is acceptable.
ED Erectile Dysfunction; The inability to achieve and maintain an erection suitable for sexual intercourse.
EP End Product (claims control)
FHA Federal Housing Administration
FSGLI Family Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance
HUD Department of Housing and Urban Development
IRR Individual Ready Reserve
FUBAR Fouled Up Beyond All Recognition
IU Individual Unemployability (TDIU)
KG Kilograms
KM KiloMeter (Often; Click or Klick)
KM/H KiloMeters per Hour
Knot Aviation and maritime unit of velocity
LT Lieutenant
LTC Lieutenant Colonel
MGIB Montgomery GI Bill
MIA Missing in Action
M21-1MR A guide for use by VBA staff to determine outcomes of your claims
MRI Magnetic Resonance Imaging
MST Military Sexual Trauma
NAS Naval Air Station
Nexus A word meaning connection
NPRC National Personnel Records Center
NSLI National Service Life Insurance
OEF Operation Enduring Freedom
OIF Operation Iraqi Freedom
OPM Office of Personnel Management
POW Prisoner of War
PTSD Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
PCP Primary Care Physician or Practitioner or Provider
PIES Personnel Information Exchange System
PFC Private First Class
P & T Permanent and Total
POA Power of Attorney
RO Regional Office...Often VARO
RVSR Ratings Veterans Service Representative
SAH Specially Adapted Housing
SBA Small Business Administration
SGT Sergeant
SMR Service Medical Record
SNAFU Situation Normal, All Fouled Up
SSI Supplemental Security Income
S-DVI Service-Disabled Veterans’ Insurance
SGLI Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance
SSB Special Separation Benefits
TAC Tactical Air Command
TAP Transition Assistance Program
TSGLI Traumatic Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance
USCIS U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
USDA U.S. Department of Agriculture
USAF United States Air Force
USAFE United States Air Force in Europe
USMC United States Marine Corps
USN United States Navy
WO Warrant Officer
VA Veterans Administration; More proper is the current term: Department of Veterans Affairs
VEAP Veterans Educational Assistance Program
VEOA Veterans’ Employment Opportunities Act
VGLI Veterans’ Group Life Insurance
VHA Veterans Health Administration
VMET Verification of Military Experience and Training
VMLI Veterans’ Mortgage Life Insurance
VR&E Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment
VSI Voluntary Separation Incentive
VARO VA Regional Office
VBA Veterans Benefits Administration, one of the business units of the DVA, gatekeeper to benefits
VISTA (VistA) Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture
VSC Veterans Service Center; The more modern and proper term for Regional Office.
VSCM Veterans Service Center Manager; The manager or director of the RO.
VSO Veterans' Service Organization
VSO Veterans Service Officer
VSR Veterans Service Representative, a VBA employee accountable for early work on your claim
WIPP (WIP) work in progress
WAAC Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps
WASPs Women Air Force Service Pilots
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