PTSD Compensation and Military Service (2007)
Chapter: Appendix D Acronyms and Abbreviations
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
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
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
