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APPENDIX D
Acronyms and Abbreviations

AMA American Medical Association

AMIE Automated Medical Information Exchange

APA American Psychiatric Association

BDD Benefits Delivery at Discharge

BVA Board of Veterans’ Appeals

C&P compensation and pension

CAPS Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale

CEST claims establishment

CFR Code of Federal Regulations

DBSSE Division on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education (NRC)

DES Disability Evaluation System (DoD)

Diagnosis and Assessment Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Diagnosis and Assessment (IOM, 2006)

DOD Department of Defense

DSM-III Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 3rd Edition

DSM-IV Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th Edition

Suggested Citation:"Appendix D Acronyms and Abbreviations." Institute of Medicine and National Research Council. 2007. PTSD Compensation and Military Service. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11870.
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DSM-IV-TR Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th Edition, Technical Revision

DTAP Disabled Transition Assistance Program

DVA Department of Veterans Affairs (used in reference citations only)

FY Fiscal Year

GAF Global Assessment of Functioning

GAO U.S. Government Accountability Office (before July 2004, General Accounting Office)

IOM Institute of Medicine (of The National Academies)

IU individual unemployability

LTD long-term disability

MAP-D Modern Awards Processing-Development

MMPI Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory

MOU Memorandum of Understanding

MSA military sexual assault

NAS National Academy of Sciences (a.k.a. The National Academies)

NRC National Research Council (of The National Academies)

NVVRS National Vietnam Veterans Readjustment Study

OIF/OEF Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation Enduring Freedom

OIG Office of the Inspector General

OMB Office of Management and Budget

PCL PTSD Checklist

PTSD posttraumatic stress disorder

SGA substantial gainful activity

SSA Social Security Administration

SSDI Social Security Disability Insurance

SSI Supplemental Security Income

STD short-term disability

TAP Transition Assistance Program

Suggested Citation:"Appendix D Acronyms and Abbreviations." Institute of Medicine and National Research Council. 2007. PTSD Compensation and Military Service. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11870.
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UK United Kingdom

USC U.S. Code

VA Department of Veterans Affairs

VACO VA Central Office

VACOLS Veterans Appeals Control and Locator System

VARO VA Regional Office (sometimes abbreviated as RO)

VASRD VA Schedule of Rating Disabilities

VBA Veterans Benefits Administration (VA)

VDBC Veterans’ Disability Benefits Commission

VHA Veterans Health Administration (VA)

VR&E Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment

VSO Veterans Service Organization

VSR Veteran Service Representative

WHO World Health Organization

WHODAS WHO Disability Assessment Schedule

Suggested Citation:"Appendix D Acronyms and Abbreviations." Institute of Medicine and National Research Council. 2007. PTSD Compensation and Military Service. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11870.
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The scars of war take many forms: the limb lost, the illness brought on by a battlefield exposure, and, for some, the psychological toll of encountering an extremely traumatic event. PTSD Compensation and Military Service presents a thorough assessment of how the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs evaluates veterans with possible posttraumatic stress disorder and determines the level of disability support to which they are entitled. The book presents a history of mental health disability compensation of military personnel and reviews the current compensation and pension examination procedure and disability determination methodology. It offers a number of recommendations for changes that would improve the fairness, consistency, and scientific foundation of this vital program. This book will be of interest and importance to policy makers, veterans affairs groups, the armed forces, health care organizations, and veterans themselves.

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