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Search Term Definition or Link
A & A Aid and Attendance
ADL Activities of Daily Living
Agent Orange Dioxin, Herbicide     The Agent Orange Registry 
ALS Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
AMC Appeals Management Center
AMI Acute Myocardial Infarction (Also Acute Coronary Syndrome - Heart Attack)
AMIE Automated Medical Information Exchange
Apportionment Just like wage garnishment, only different. See Divorce.
AO Agent Orange   (Herbicide, Dioxin)
ARPERCEN Army Reserve Personnel Records Center
AWOL Absent WithOut Leave
ARNP Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner 
BDD Benefits Delivery at Discharge
BDN Benefits Delivery Network
Blue Water Navy Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans and Agent Orange Exposure National Academies Press
Blue Water Navy
38 CFR § 3.313      The VA on-line service list         Find Your ship 
BVA Board of Veterans Appeals 
BVA Appeals Stats
Statistics of BVA Appeals
CAD Coronary Artery Disease 
CAT (Scan)
Computerized Axial Tomography (CAT Scan, Radiology Imaging) 
CAPRI Compensation and Pension Records Interchange 
Carbon Tetrachloride
 
Search Board of Veterans Appeals (BVA) decisions by clicking here

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_tetrachloride

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_tetrachloride_%28data_page%29

Click here to learn more about cosmoline.

CAVC Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
CBOC Community Based Outpatient Clinic; A facility generally providing access to outpatient health care needs.
CDC Centers for Disease Control 
CDRP Concurrent Retirement and Disability Payments










Search Term Definition or Link
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.) 
Child Support See Divorce.
CHF Congestive Heart Failure 
CLC Community Living Center 
CMOP Consolidated Mail Order Pharmacy   More on pharmacy benefits here 
CO Central Office  VA Central Office (VACO) 
COBRA Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 
COLA Cost-0f-Living Adjustment 
C & P  Compensation and Pension    Examination   Physicians Guide    Within VBA 
COE Certificate of Eligibility 
Condition VA refers to injuries, illnesses and diseases as conditions. 
COVERS Control of Veterans Records System     VBA’s Claims Folder Control Process Ineffective
C & P Exam               
Compensation and Pension Examination
CPRS Computerized Patient Record System      CPRS Demo 
CWT Compensated Work Therapy 
CZTE Combat Zone Tax Exclusion 
DBQ Disability Benefit Questionnaire 
DD-214 A discharge document providing confirmation of military service and many details of service. 
DES Disability Evaluation System - similar to BDD (Neither work) 
DIC Dependency Indemnity Compensation; A monthly Benefit paid to eligible survivors of certain veterans.
Disability Claims Initiative Disability Claims Initiative   DOCUMENT
DIY Do It Yourself ... in legal terms; Pro Se
   








Search Term 
Definition or Link
Dioxin Agent Orange 
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. 
ECA Expedited Claims Adjudication Initiative   There are no expedited claims. 
ECFR  Electronic Code of Federal Regulations 
ED Erectile Dysfunction   About the benefit for ED 
EP End Product (claims control) 
EP Electrophysiology. A medical term usually used to describe the electrical conduction system of the heart. 
Equitable Relief               
38 USC § 503 - Administrative error; equitable relief   In the M21-1MR
FHA Federal Housing Administration 
FSGLI Family Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance 
HUD Department of Housing and Urban Development 
IRR Individual Ready Reserve 
Fiscal Year  A business term describing a period where finances are calculated 








 

Search Term Definition or Link
FUBAR Fouled Up Beyond All Recognition
GAO Government Accountability Office 
GAO Report Timely Processing Remains a Daunting Challenge 
IU Individual Unemployability (TDIU) 
Jurisprudence               
Click here 
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 
Mental Health
Mental Health Treatment Facility Locator   
MGIB Montgomery GI Bill 
MIA Missing in Action  
M21-1MR One of the more important documents you should know of. Click here to go to the on-line M21-1MR.  
MRI Magnetic Resonance Imaging 
MST Military Sexual Trauma 
NAS Naval Air Station 
Nexus Connection. An important concept in the claims process.
NPRC National Personnel Records Center 
NSLI National Service Life Insurance  
OEF Operation Enduring Freedom 
OIF Operation Iraqi Freedom 
OEF/OIF/OND Final Report
2012 Care Management Survey of Veterans in VHA  
Ombudsman A function of BVA   http://www.bva.va.gov/OMBUDSMAN_CustomerService.asp  
OPM Office of Personnel Management 
PA Physician Assistant 
POW Prisoner of War 











The  M21-1MR  is one of the more important documents you should know of. Often referred to as the "bible" of the rater, the M21-1MR provides instructions for almost every possible ratings scenario.


Click here to go to the on-line M21-1MR.   











Search Term Definition or Link 
Priority Group A VA classification for health care services.
PTSD Post Traumatic Stress Disorder  
PCP Primary Care Provider/Physician/Practitioner 
Physician  A medical doctor or doctor of osteopathic medicine
PIES Personnel Information Exchange System 
PFC Private First Class
P & T Permanent & Total 
POA Power of Attorney 
Pro Se Do it yourself 
Provision of Medical Statement A requirement to assist the veteran 
Recoupment Similar to garnishment, usually used for debt created by overpayment of a benefit
RNP Registered Nurse Practitioner 
RO Regional Office...Often VARO...sometimes Veterans Service Center 
Ratings Current Rates  SMC Rates 
RVSR Ratings Veterans Service Representative 
SAH Specially Adapted Housing
SBA Small Business Administration 
   











Search Term
Definition or Link
SGT Sergeant
SMR Service Medical Record 
SNAFU Situation Normal, All Fouled Up
SSI Supplemental Security Income 
SSDI Social Security Disability Insurance  On VAWatchdog   On the Internet 
S-DVI Service-Disabled Veterans’ Insurance 
SGLI Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance
SSB Special Separation Benefits 
TAC  Tactical Air Command
TAP Transition Assistance Program
TBI Traumatic Brain Injury 
TDIU Total Disability Individual Unemployability
Title 38
Title 38 Pensions, Bonuses, and Veterans' Relief 
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












Search Term             Definition or Link
USN United States Navy
WO Warrant Officer
VA  Veterans Administration; More proper is the current term: Department of Veterans Affairs
VACO VA Central Office   Headquarters of VA
VACOLS Veterans Appeals Control and Locator System
VARO VA Regional Office
VBA Veterans Benefits Administration 
VEAP Veterans Educational Assistance Program
VEOA Veterans’ Employment Opportunities Act
VGLI Veterans’ Group Life Insurance
VHA Veterans Health Administration
VISTA (VistA) Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture
VMET Verification of Military Experience and Training
VMLI Veterans’ Mortgage Life Insurance
VR&E Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment
VSC Veterans Service Center; The more modern and proper term for Regional Office.
VSCM Veterans Service Center Manager; The manager or director of the Regional Office.
VSI Voluntary Separation Incentive
VSO Veterans Service Officer  (Not a VA employee)
VSO Veterans Service Organization 
VSR Veterans Service Representative, a VBA employee accountable for early work on your claim-see RVSR
WIP Work In Progress
WASPs Women Air Force Service Pilots
   
   










Documents

This stand-alone section of the index page will link you to documents we've come across over the years.

The documents here aren't listed in any particular order. You'll have to do the grunt work of finding what you need.

Some may be important to you, others may be interesting to read and many are just here because we didn't know where else to store them.

Enjoy.



   PROVISION OF MEDICAL STATEMENTS AND COMPLETION OF FORMS BY VAHEALTH CARE PROVIDERS 
   VA National Key Measures Report  
   VA Education Report  
   VA Cycle Time Report  
   VA Call Center Report  
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   








































































































































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