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PTSD Compensation and Military Service
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