Veteran’s Acronyms, Intialisms, and Abbreviations

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• 38 CFR = Title 38 Code of Federal Regulations

• 38 USC = Title 38 of the United States Code

• A&A = Aid and Attendance

• AAFES = Army & Air Force Exchange Service

• AD = Active Duty

• ADA = Americans with Disabilities Act

• AFEES = Armed Forces Examining and Entrance Station 

• AISI = As I see it

• AL = American Legion

• AMC = Appeals Management Center

• AMVETS = AMVETS

• AO = Agent Orange

• APAP = Automatic Positive Airway Pressure

• BCMR = Board of Corrections for Military Records

• BCD = Bad Conduct Discharge

• BDD = Benefits Delivery by Discharge sometimes called BBD, Benefits by Discharge

• BEQ = Bachelor Enlisted Quarters

• BiPAP = Bi-level Positive Airway Pressure.

• BOQ = Bachelor Officers Quarters

• BVA = Board of Veterans Appeals

• BX = Base Exchange

• C&P = Compensation and Pension

• C-File = Claims File

• C-File # = Claims File ID Number (Now your SSAN)

• CAD = Coronary Artery Disease

• CARES = Capital Asset Realignment for Enhanced Services

• CAVC = Court of Appeals for Veterans Causes

• CBOC = Community Based Outpatient Clinic 

• CHAMPVA = Civilian Hearth and Medical Program VA. a medical program for dependants of 100% disabled veterans.

• Chapter 61 = refers to US Code, Title 10, Chapter 61 Disability Retirements

• Chapter 71 = refers to US Code, Title 10, Chapter 71 TOS Retirements

• COLA = Cost of Living Allowence

• COPD = Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

• CPAP = Continuous Positive Airway Pressure

• CRDP = Concurrent Retirement and Disability Pay

• CRSC = Combat Related Special Compensation

• CUE = Clear and Umistakeable Error

• C&UE = Clear and Umistakeable Error

• DAV = Disabled American Veterans

• DC = Diagnostic Code also Death Certificate

• DD = Dishonorable Discharge

• DD-2 = Armed Forces Identification Card

• DD-149 = Application for the Correction of Military Record

• DD-214 = Certificate of Realase or Discharge from Active Duty

• DD-293 = Application for the Review of Discharge from the Armed Forces of the United States

• DD-1172 Application for Uniformed Services Identification Card – DEERS Enrollment

• DD-1173 = United States Uniformed Services Identification and Privilege Card

• DD-2765 = Department of Defense/Uniformed Services Identification and Privilege Card

• DeCA = Defense Commissary Agency

• DFAS = Defense Finance and Accounting Service

• DIC Dependants Indemnity Compensation

• DMII = Diabetes Mellitus Type II

• DoD = Department of Defense

• DRB = Discharge Review Board

• DRO = Decision Review Officer

• DSM IV = Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 4th Edition 

• DVA = Department of Veterans Affairs

• EAJA = Equal Access to Justice Act

• EAS = End of Active Service

• EAOS = End of Active Obligated Service

• EED = Earlier/Earliest Effective Date

• ESG = Environmental Support Group

• FICA = Federal Insurance Contributions Act (Social Security withholding tax)

• FOIA = Freedom of Information Act

• FR = Federal Register

• FWIW = For what it’s worth

• GAF = Global Assessment of Function

• GIB = GI Bill

• GWI = Gulf War I

• GWII = Gulf War II

• HIPPA = Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act of 1996

• HISA = Home Improvement and Structural Alterations Program

• ILP = Independent Living Program

• IME = Independent Medical Evaluations 

• IMO = Independant Medical Opinion

• IOM = Institute of Medicine

• IRIS = Inquiry Routing & Information System

• ISTM = It Seems To Me

• ILP = Independent Living Program

• I/U = Individual Unemployability

• LOD = Line of Duty

• M21-1MR = VA Claims Adjudication Manual

• MEB = Medical Evaluation Board

• MGIB = Montgomery GI Bill

• MOAA = Military Officers Association of America

• MoPH = Military Order of the Purple Heart

• MOS = Military Occupation Specialty

• MWR = Morale, Welfare & Recreation

• NARA = National Archives Records Administration

• NEC = Navy Enlisted Classification (code)

• NEX = Navy Exchange

• NDAA = National Defense Authorization Act

• NDR = Non-Duty Related

• NIH = National Institutes of Health

• NOD = Notice of Disagreement

• NP = Nurse Practicioner

• NPRC = National Personnel Records Center

• NSC = Non Service Connected

• NSO = National Service Officer (Usually DAV)

• NVLSP = National Veterans Legal Services Program

• OEF = Operation Enduring Freedom

• OGC = (VA) Office of General Council

• OIF = Operation Iraqi Freedom

• OTOH = On the Other Hand

• P&T = Permanently and Totally Disabled

• PA = Physicians Assistant

• PARDS = Partner Assisted Rating Decision System (a fast track claim)

• PC = Prostate Cancer

• PCP = Primary Care Physician

• PDRL = Permanantly Disabled Retired List

• PEB Physical Evaluation Board

• PEBLO Physical Evaluation Board Liason Officer

• PG = Persian Gulf

• PM = Private Message

• PN = Peripheral Neuropathy

• POA = Power of Attorney

• PTSD = Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

• PVD=Peripheral Vascular Disease

• PVA = Paralyzed Veterans of America

• PX = Post Exchange

• QTC = Quality Treatment Corporation (a VA medical contractor)

• REDUX = Military Retirement Reform Act of 1986

• RO = Regional Office

• RVSR = Rating Veterans Service Represenative

• SAH = Specially Adapted Housing

• SBP = Survivors Benefit Plan

• SC = Service Connected

• SEA = SouthEast Asia

• SF-180 = Standard Form, Requests Pertaining to Military Records

• SGLI = Servicemembers Group Life Insurance

• SMC-n = Special Monthly Compensation where “n” is K thru R

• SMR = Service Medical Records

• SO = Service Officer

• SOC = Statement of the Case

• SR = Service Records

• SRB = Service Record Book (Marines)

• SS = Social Security

• SSA = Social Security Administration

• SSAN = Social Security Account Number

• SSDI = Social Security Disability Insurance

• SSI = Suplemental Security Income

• SSOC = Supplemental Statement of the Case

• TAD = Temporary Additional Duty (Navy)

• TAP = Transition Assistance Program

• TDIU = Totaly Disabled based on Individual Unemployability 

• TDRL = Temporary Disabled Retired List

• TDY = Temporary Duty

• TERA = Temporary Early Retirement Authority

• TMOP = Tricare Mail Order Pharmacy

• TOS = Time of Service

• TREA = The Retired Enlisted Association

• Tricare = Medical program for retiree’s and military dependants.

• Tricare for Life (TFL) = Medical program for retiree’s and military dependants over age 65

• TRIP = Training, Responsibility, Involvement and Preparation of claims 

• UCMJ = Uniform Code of Military Justice

• URL = Uniform Resource Locator

• VA = Veterans Administration

• VA Catalog 1 = VA Catalog of Forms 

• Official Hub for Federal Forms

• VA Form 10-10EZ – Application for Medical Benefits (Enroll)

• VA Form 10-5345 Request For And Authorization To Release Medical Records or Health Information

• VA Form 9 = Appeal to Board of Veterans Appeals

• VA Form 20-572 = Request for Change of Address/Cancellation of Direct Deposit

• VA Form 21-22 = Appointment of Veterans Service Organization as Claimant’s Representative

• VA Form 21-22A = Appointment of Attorney or Agent as Claimant’s Representative

• VA Form 21-526 = Veteran’s Application for Compensation and/or Pension

• VA Form 21-530 = Application for Burial Benefits 

• VA Form 21-534 = Application for DIC, Death Pension and Accrued Benefits By a Surv. Spouse or Child

• VA Form 21-534a = Application for DIC By a Surv. Spouse or Child (In-Service Death Only)

• VA Form 21-601 = Application for Accrued Amounts Due a Deceased Beneficiary

• VA Form 21-686c = Declaration Of Status Of Dependents 

• VA Form 21-674 = Request for Approval of School Attendance

• VA Form 21-4138 = Statement in Support of Claim

• VA Form 21-4140-1 = Employment Questionaire

• VA Form 21-4142 = Authorization and Consent to Release Information to the DVA

• VA Form 21-8940 = Veteran’s Application for. Increased Compensation Based on Unemployability.

• VA Form 22-1990 = Application for VA Education Benefits (VONAPP)

• VA Form 24-0296 = Direct Deposit Enrollment

• VA Form 26-1817 = Request for Determination of Eligibility and Available Loan Guaranty Entitlement (Unmarried Surviving Spouses)

• VA Form 26-1880 = Request for a Certificate of Eligibility (VA Home Loan Guarantee)

• VA Form 28-1900 = Disabled Veteran’s Application for Vocational Rehabilitation (VONAPP)

• VA Form 28-8890 = Important Information about Vocational Rehabilitation Benefits

• VAMC = VA Medical Center

• VAOPGCPREC = Veterans Affairs Opinion, General Counsel, Precedent

• VARO = Veterans Affairs Regional Office

• VASRD = VA Schedule for Rating Disabilities (CFR Title 38, Volume 1, Part 4)

• VBA = Veterans Benefits Administration

• VCAA = The Veterans Claims Assistance Act of 2000

• VEAP = Veterans’ Educational Assistance Program

• VFW = Veterans of Foreign Wars

• VGLI = Veterans Group Life Insurance

• VHA = Veterans Health Administration

• VHA Form 10-10EZ = Application for Health Benefits

• VHA Form 10-5345 Request for and Authorization to Release Medical Records or Health Information

• VISN = Veterans Integrated Service Network

• VISTA = Veterans Health Information System & Technology Architecture

• VJRA = Veterans Judicial Review Act

• VONAPP = Veterans ON-line APPlication

• VRA = Veterans Recruitment Appointment

• VRE = Vocational Rehabilitation & Education

• VSR = Veterans Service Represenative

• VSC = Veterans Service Center

• VSCM = Veterans Service Center Manager

• VSO = Veteran Service Organization, sometimes Veterans Service Officer

• VVA = Vietnam Veterans of America

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• Directory of Veterans Service Organizations

• National Association of State Directors of Veterans Affairs (NASDVA)

• NACVSO Home Page [National Association of County Veteran Service Officers]

• TMC Members

 

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