Acronym and Abbreviation List


Rating
Description
10-10 EZ VA Form 10-10 EZ (application for VA Health care)
10N Washington DC VACO
214 DD214
2FA 2-Factor Authentication
4WW Four Wheeled Walker
526 VA Form 21-526EZ (Application for Disability Compensation and Related Compensation Benefits)
A&A Aid and Attendance
AA Anti-Aircraft, Attorney-Adviser
AAA Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm, Anti-Aircraft Artillery
AAB Army Air Base
AAF Army Air Force
AAFBU Army Air Forces Base Unit
AAFC Agent and Attorney Fee Coordinator
AAFES Army and Air Force Exchange Service
AAGP American Association of Geriatric Psychiatry
AAH Academy on Architecture for Health
AAIP Authorization and Authentication Infrastructure Program
AAMC Association of American Medical Colleges
AAMI Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation
AAMS Automated Acquisition Management System
AAO Assistant Adjudication Officer
AAR After Action Report
AARP Association for the Advancement of Retired Persons
AASLD American Academy for the Study of Liver Disease
AASLT Air Assault
A&PC Ambulatory and Primary Care
AB Antibiotic
ABC Activity Based Costing
ABCMR Army Board for Correction of Military Records
ABD Abdomen
ABEND Abnormal End
ABG Arterial Blood Gas
ABI Analytics and Business Intelligence
Abn Airborne
ABO Absent Bed Occupant
ABR Annual Benefits Report
Abs Absence, Absent, Absentee
ABX Antibiotics
AC Actual Cost, Air Corps, Air Crew, Ambulatory Care, Anticubital
ACA Affordable Care Act, Annual Clothing Allowance
ACAP Annual Clothing Allowance Payment
ACE Acceptable Clinical Evidence
ACL Access Control List
ACLS Advanced Cardiac Life Support
ACMD Assistant Chief Medical Director
ACMIS Acquisition Career Management Information System
ACNS Associate Chief Nursing Service
ACO Administrative Contracting Officer
ACOE Accreditation Council on Optometric Education
ACOS American College of Surgeons
ACOVE Assessing Care Of Vulnerable Elders
ACP Access Control Point, American College of Physicians
ACS Acute Coronary Syndrome
ACT American College Test
A/D Alcohol and Drug
AD Active Duty
ADA Americans with Disability Act
ADB As Demonstrated By
ADD Adduction
ADE Adverse Drug Event
ADHC Adult Day Health Care
ADHF Acute decomensated heart failure
ADL Activities of Daily Living
ADP Average Days Pending
ADR Adverse Drug Reaction
ADSM Active Duty Service Member
ADT Active Duty for Training
A/E Architect/Engineer
AED Anti-Epileptic Drug, Automated External Defibrillator
AEM Area Emergency Manager
AEO Assistant Education Officer
AES All Employee Survey
AEW Audit Error Worksheet
AF Air Force
AFB Air Force Base
AFBCMR Air Force Board for Correction of Military Records
AFHRA Air Force Historical Research Agency
AFI Air Force Instruction
AFIB Arterial Fibrillation
AFIP Armed Forces Institute of Pathology
AFO Ankle-Foot Othosis
AFSC Air Force Speciality Code
AGE Acute Gastroenteritis
AGG Aggravation
AGI Adjusted Gross Income
AGR Active Guard Reserve
A/H Auditory Hallucinations
AHRC Army Human Resources Command
AHLTA Armed Forces Health Longitudinal Technology
AIDS Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
AKA Above Knee Amputation, Also Known As
AKI Acute Kidney Injury
AL American Legion, Annual Leave, Assisted Living
ALA American Legion Auxiliary
ALAC Administrative Loan and Accounting Center
ALCON All Concerned
ALJ Administrative Law Judge
ALS Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
AMA Against Medical Advice, Appeal Modernization Act
AMC Appeals Management Center, Army Medical Center
AMEDD Army Medical Department
AML Acute Myelogenous Leukemia
AMI Acute Myocardial Infarction
AMS Altered Mental Status
AMT Amount
AMVETS American Veterans
ANG Air National Guard
A&O Alert and Oriented
AO Adjudication Officer, Administrative Officer, Agent Orange, Authorizing Official
AOC Alteration of Consciousness
AOCAP Agent Orange Class Assistance Program
AOD Administrative Officer of the Day, Administrator on Duty
AOJ Agency of Original Jurisdiction
AOR Agent Orange Registry, Area of Responsibility
AOU Area of Use
A/P Anterior-posterior
AP Advanced Payment, Apical Pulse
APN Advance Practice Nurse
APO Army Post Office
APP Apprenticeship
APU Acute Psychiatric Unit
AQRS Authorization Quality Review Specialist
A/R Accounts Receivable
AR Army Regulation
ARB Accident Review Board
ARBA Army Review Boards Agency
ARC American Red Cross
ARF Acute Renal Failure
ARM Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan
ARNG Army National Guard
ARNP Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner
AROM Active Range of Motion
ART Adverse Reaction Tracking
ARU Alcohol Rehabilitation Unit
ASA Acetyl Salicylic Acid, Aspirin
ASAP Army Substance Abuse Program, As Soon As Possible
ASVAB Armed Service Vocational Aptitude Battery
AT Addiction Therapist, Anti-Tank, Assistive Technology
ATAA Ascending Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm
ATC Attempt to Contact
ATO Authority to Operate
ATS Addiction Treatment Services, Artificial Tears
AUD Alcohol Use Disorder
AV Atrioventricular
AVA Antrax Vaccine Absorbed
AVH Audio Visual Hallucinations
AVSCM Assistant Veterans Service Center Manager
AWOL Absent Without Official Leave
AX Assessment
B Bilateral, Both
BAH Basic Allowance for Housing
B/C Because
BCD Bad Conduct Discharge
BCMR Board for Correction of Military Records
BCNR Board for Correction of Naval Records
BCT Basic Combat Training
BDC Benefits Delivery Center
BDD Benefits Delivery at Discharge
BDN Benefits Delivery Network
BEST Benefit Eligibility Support Team
BHL Bilateral Hearing Loss
BIRLS Beneficiary Identification and Records Locator Subsystem
BKA Below Knee Amputation
BL Bilateral
BLUF Bottom Line Up Front
BM Bone Marrow, Bowel Movement
BMR Basal Metabolism Rate
BoS Branch of Service
BP Blood Pressure
BR Bed Rest
B/S Bedside
BS Blood Sugar, Bowel Sounds, Breath Sounds
BVA Board of Veterans Appeals
BX Biopsy
With (C with a line over it)
C Celsius
C1, C2 Cervical Vertebrae
CA Carcinoma, Cardiac Arrest, Claims Assistant
CAAF Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
CAB Coronary Artery Bypass
CABG Coronary Artery Bypass Graft
CAD Coronary Artery Disease
CADD Change of Address
CADJ Claims Adjudication
CAPRI Compensation and Pension Record Interchange
CAR Claim Accuracy Request
CARES Capital Asset Realignment for Enhanced Services
CAROLS Centralized Accounts Receivable Online System
cath Catheter
CAVC Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
CBC Complete Blood Count
CBD Chief Benefits Director
CBO Chief Business Office
CBOC Community Based Outpatient Clinic
cc Cubic Centimeter
CC Chief Complaint, Community Care
CCF Compound Comminuted Fracture
CCU Coronary Care Unit
CD Clemency Discharge
CDEV Claims Development
CDR Commander
C/E Certificate of Eligibility
CELO Chief Education Liaison Officer
CERT Certification
CEST Claims Establishment
C-File VA Claims File
CFO Chief Financial Officer
CFR Code of Federal Regulations
CG Coast Guard
CGBCMR Coast Guard Board for Correction of Military Records
CH Chapter
CHAMPUS Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services
CHAMPVA Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs
CHAR Character of Discharge
CHF Chronic Heart Failure, Congestive Heart Failure
CHI Closed Head Injury
CHR Consolidated Health Record
CIA Central Intelligence Agency
CIB Combat Infantryman Badge
CIP Classification of Instructional Programs
CKD Chronic Kidney Disease
CLC VA Community Living Center
CLEP College-Level Examination Program
CLL Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
cm Centimeter
CMB Combat Medical Badge
CMD Chief Medical Director
CMO Chief Medical Officer
CMT Continuing Medication and Treatment
CN Claim Number, Cranial Nerve
CNA Certified Nursing Assistant
CNHC Community Nursing Home Care
CNS Central Nervous System
C/O Complains of
CO Central Office, Commanding Officer
COD Character of Discharge
COE Certificate of Eligibility
COG Convenience of Government
COLA Cost of Living Adjustment
comp Compensation
CONUS The contiguous United States
COTA Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant
cont Continue(d)
COPD Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
COVA/td> Court of Veterans Appeals
COWC Committee on Waivers and Compromises
C&P Compensation and Pension Exam
CP Chest Pain
CPAP Continuous Positive Airway Pressure
CPI Claims Processing Improvement
CPR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
CRC Community Residential Center
CRDP Combat-Related Death Pay, Concurrent Retirement and Disability Pay
CRF Chronic Renal Failure
CRNP Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner
CRRC Community Resource and Referral Centers
CRSC Combat Related Special Compensation
CSF Cerebrospinal Fluid
CT Computerized Tomography
CUE Clear and Unmistakable Error
CURR Center for Units Records Research
CV Cerebral Vascular, Combat Veteran
CVA Cerebral Vascular Accident
CWT Compensation Work Therapy
CWVV Children of Women Vietnam Veterans Born with Certain Defects Program
CXR Chest X-Ray
DAV Disabled American Veterans
DBQ Disability Benefits Questionnaire
d/c Discontinue
DC Diagnostic Code, Discharge
DCHV Domiciliary Care for Homeless Veterans
DD Defense Department, Direct Deposit, Dishonorable Discharge
DD214/td> Discharge Certificate
DDD Dengenerative Disc Disease
DEA Dependents’ Educational Assistance
DED Deduction
DEERS Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System
DEP Delayed Enlistment Program
DES Disability Evaluation System
DFAS Defense Finance and Accounting Services
DFR Dropped from the Rolls
DIC Dependency and Indemnity Compensation
DLC Date of Last Certification
DLP Date Last Paid, Date of Last Payment
DM Diabetes Mellitus
DMC Debt Management Center
DMDC Defense Manpower Data Center
DMZ Demilitarized Zone
DNR Do Not Resuscitate
DNT Do Not Test
DOA Dead on Arrival
DOB Date of Birth
DoD/DOD Department of Defense
DOE Dyspnea on Exertion
DOOR Distribution of Operational Resources
DRA Draft Rating Approval
DPRIS Defense Personnel Records Information Retrieval System
DRAS Disability Rating Activity Site
DRB Discharge Review Board
DRC Decision Ready Claim
DRO Decision Review Officer
DROC Decision Review Operations Center
DSM American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders
DSO Designated Security Officer, Department Service Officer
D/T Due to
DTA Duty to Assist
DTR Deep Tendon Reflexes
DVA Department of Veterans Affairs
DX Diagnosis
EAD Entry on Active Duty
EAJA Equal Access to Justice Act
eBenefits Precurser to va.gov.
ECA Expedited Claims Adjudication
ECAP Electronic Certification Automated Program
ECC Education Call Center, Electrocardiogram
ECM Education Case Manager
ECSS Education Compliance Survey Specialist
ED Effective Date, Emergency Department, Erectile Dysfunction
EEG Electroencephalogram
EENT Eye, Ear, Nose, and Throat
EEO Equal Employment Opportunity
EFT Electronic Fund Transfer
EGC Electrocardiogram
EHR Electric Health Record
EKG Electrocardiogram
ELR Education Liaison Representative
ELS Education Liaison Specialist
EMDR Eye Movement Desensitzation and Reprocessing
EMG Electromyogram
ENT Ear, Nose, and Throat
ENT Entitlement
EO Education Officer
EOB Explanation of Benefits
EOD Entry on Duty, Explosive Ordinance Disposal
EP End Product
EPC End Product Code, End Product Control
EPTS Existed Prior to Service
EQTS Education Quality and Training Specialist
ER Emergency Room
ESO Education Services Officer
ETOH ethanol
ETS Expiration of Term of Service
EVR Eligibility Verficiation Report
EVSS Enterprise Veterans Self Service
Exam Examination
ext external, exterior
F Fahrenheit
FAA Federal Aviation Administration
FAQ Frequently Asked Questions
FBI Federal Bureau of Investigations
FBOP Federal Bureau of Prisons
FCC Fiduciary Contact Center
FDC Fully Developed Claim
FDIB Funds Due Incompetent Beneficiaries
FE Field Examiner
FH Family History
FHA Federal Housing Authority
fib Fibrillation
fl Fluid
fld Fluid
FLT Flight Training
FM Field Manual
FNOD First Notice of Death
FOB Foot of Bed, Forward Operating Base
FOCAS Flight, On-the-Job Training, Correspondence, and Apprentice System
FOES Fiscal Notice of Exception
FOIA Freedom of Information Act
FPO Fleet Post Office
FPOW Former Prisoner of War
FRD Functional Requirements Document
FRPT Fiscal Report
FSC Financial Services Center
FSGLI Family Servicemembers Group Life Insurance
FT Full Time
FTCA Federal Tort Claims Act
FTS Full-Time Service
F/U Follow Up
FWB Full Weight Bearing
FX Fracture
FY Fiscal Year
GAO Government Accountability Office
GB Gall Bladder
GC General Counsel
GCS Glasgow Coma Scale
GD General Discharge
G/E Gastroenteritis
GE Gastroenterology
GED Generate Eligibility Determination
gen General
GERD Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
GI Gastrointestinal
GIB GI Bill
gluc Glucose
GMAT Graduate Management Admission Test
GNA Geriatric Nursing Assistant
GOE Gathering of Evidence
GP General Paralysis, General Practitioner
GPF General Post Fund
GPO Goverment Printing Office
GRAS Guard/Reserve Active Service
GRE Graduate Record Exam
GSA General Services Administration
GSW Gun Shot Wound
GTT Glucose Tolerance Test
GW Gulf War
GWOT Global War on Terror
GWS Gulf War Syndrome
GYN Gynecology
h Hour
H/A Headache
HAC Health Administration Center
HAIMS Health Artifact and Image Management
HAV Hepatitis A Virus
Hb Hemoglobin
HB Heart Block, Housebound
HBP High Blood Pressure
HD Honorable Discharge
HEENT Head, Eyes, Ear, Nose, and Throat
HIPAA Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
HISA Home Improvement and Structural Alterations
HIV Human Immunodeficiency Virus
HLR Higher-Level Review
HMMWV High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle
h/o History of
HO Hearing Officer
HOB Head of Bed
HON Honerable
HPV Human Immunodeficiency Virus
HR Heart Rate, Human Resources
HRC Human Resources Command
HTN Hypertension
HUD-VASH Housing and Urban Development - Veteran Affairs Supportive Housing
HVCES Homeless Veteran Community Employment Services
HVD Hypertensive Vascular Disease
Hx History
IADT Inactive Duty for Training, Initial Active Duty for Training
ICCU Intensive Coronary Care Unit
ICP Intracranial Pressure
ICU Intensive Care Unit
ID Identification
IED Improvised Explosive Device
IG Inspector General
IHL Institution of Higher Learning
ILER Individual Longitudinal Exposure Record
IME Independent Medical Evaluation, Independent Medical Expert
IMO Independent Medical Opinion
imp Impression
INC Incurred
incr Increase
inf Inferior, Infusion
int Internal
IOM Institute of Medicine
IOP Internal Operating Procedures
IPAC Intra-Governmental Payment and Collection System
iPERMS Interactive Personnel Electronic Records Management System
IPR In-Process Reviews
IQRs Individual Quality Reviews
IR Increased Rating, Infrared Radiation
IRIS Inquiry Routing and Information System
IRM Information Resource Management
IRR Individual Ready Reserve
irreg Irregular
ITF Intent to File
IU Individual Unemployability
IV Intravenous(ly)
IVAP Income for VA Purposes
IVR Interactive Voice Response
IWT Instructor-led Web-based Training
J Joint
jt Joint
JAG Judge Advocate General
JMR Joint Motion for Remand
JROTC Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps
JRTC Joint Readiness Training Center
JSRRC Joint Services Records Research Center
K Kidney, Potassium
KIA Killed in Action
L Left, Light, Liter, Liver, Lower, Lumbar
L2, L3 Lumbar Vertebrae
L2V Letters to Veterans
lab Laboratory
lac Laceration
LACAS Licensing and Certification Approval System
LAS Legal Administrative Specialist
lat Lateral
LE Left Extremity, Lower Extremity
LHI Logistics Health Incorporated
liq Liquid
LLE Left Lower Extremity
LOB Line of Business
LOC Level of Consciousness, Loss of Consciousness
LOD Line of Duty
LOM Limitation of Motion
LOS Length of Stay, Line of Sight
LP Lumbar puncture
LPN Licensed Practical Nurse
LQE Local Quality Error
LS Loyal Source
LSAT Law School Admission Test
LSW Licensed Social Worker
LUE Left Upper Extremity
LX Larynx
M Mass, Male, Married, Meter, Molar, Mother, Murmur
M21 Manual that instructs on VA polcies.
MACR Missing Air Crew Report
MAPR Maximum Annual Pension Rate
Max Maxillary, Maximum
MBC Maximum Breathing Capacity
MBSS Modified Barium Swallow Study
MCA Middle Cerebral Artery
MCAT Medical College Admissions Test
MD Muscular Dystrophy
med Medicine
mets Metastasis
MG Myasthenia Gravis
MGIB Montgomery GI Bill
MGIB-SR Montgomery GI Bill for Selected Reserve
MH Mental Health
MHA Monthly Housing Allowance
MHS Mental Health System, Military Health System
MI Myocardial Infarction
MIA Missing in Action
MIB Marine Index Bureau
MICU Medical Intensive Care
min Minute
mm Millimeter
mod Moderate
MOD Month of Death
MOS Military Occupational Specialty
MP Military Police
MPR Military Personnel Records
M/R, MR Master Record
MRI Magnetic Resonance Imaging
MRSA Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus
MSC Military Services Coordinator
MST Military Sexual Trauma
MTF Military Treatment Facility
MVA Motor Vehicle Accident
n Nerve
N/A Not Applicable
NA National Archives
NAD No Abnormality Detective, No Apparent Distress
NARA National Archives and Record Administration
NAS National Academy of Sciences
NAUS National Association for Uniformed Services
NCD Non-College Degree
NCS National Call to Service
NDAA National Defense Authorization Act
neg Negative
neur Neurology
NG National Guard
NHL Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma
NKA No Known Allergies
NMCB US Navy Mobile Construction Battalion
no. Number
NOA Notice of Appeal
NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOBE Notice of Basic Eligibility
NOD Notice of Death, Notice of Disagreement
NOE Notice of Exception
NOS Not Otherwise Specified
NP Nurse Practitioner
NPC Naval Personnel Command
NPO Nothing by Mouth
NPRC National Personnel Records Center
NQE National Quality Error
NR Non-Rating
NRPC Naval Reserve Personnel Command
NSA No Specific Abnormality
NSC Non-Service-Connected
NSLI National Service Life Insurance
NSO National Service Officer
NST Non-Stress Test
NTC National Training Center, National Training Curriculum
N&V Nausea and Vomiting
NVD Nausea, Vomiting, Diarrhea
NVLSP National Veterans Legal Services Program
N&W Normal and Well
NWB Non-Weight Bearing
NYD Not Yet Diagnosed
o None, without
O Oral
OA Osteoarthritis
OAR Office of Administrative Review
OAT Optometry Admissions Testing
OB Obstetrics
OB/GYN Obstetrics and Gynecology
Obs Observation
OBS Organic Brain Syndrome
OCSE Office of Child Support Enforcement
O/E On Examination
OEF Operation Enduring Freedom
OFAC Office of Foreign Assets Control
OFO Office of Field Operations
OGC Office of the General Counsel
OHD Organic Heard Disease
OIF Operation Iraqi Freedom
OIG Office of Inspector General
oint Ointment
OJT On-the-Job Training
OM Otitis Media
OME Otitis Medical with Effusion
OMPF Official Military Personnel File
OP Operation
OPC Outpatient Clinic
OPT Outpatient Treatment
OQP Office of Quality and Performance
OR Operating Room
ORM Office of Resolution Management
ot Ear
OT Occupational Therapy
OTC Over-the-Counter
OTH Other than Honorable
Oto Otolaryngology
OSHS Optum Serve Health Solutions
PA Physcian's Assistant
PA View Posterior-Anterior view on x-ray
PACT Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics
PACU Post Anesthesia Care Unit
PAF Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation
palp Palpable, Palpate, Palpated
Path Pathology
PCAT Pharmacy College Admissions Test
PCM Primary Care Manager
PCP Primary Care Provider
PCS Permanent Change of Station
PCT Public Contact Team
PDA Pending Decision Approval
PDBR Physical Disability Board of Review
PDN Private Duty Nurse
pdr Powder
PDR Physicians Desk Reference
PE Physical Exam, Physical Exercise, Pulmonary Embolism
PEB Physical Evaluation Board
PEBLO Physical Evaluation Board Liaison Officer
PEEP Positive End Expiratory Pressure
PEG Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy
PERMS Permanent Electronic Records Management System
PET Positron Emission Tomography
P&F Pension and Fiduciary
PFAS Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances
PFD Preparation for Decision
PFN Preparation for Notification
PFOP Personal Funds of Patients
PG Persian Gulf
PGW Persian Gulf War
PH Past History
pharm Pharmacy
PHS Public Health Service
PI Present Illness, Pulmonary Insufficiency
PICU Pulmonary Intensive Care Unit
PID Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
PIES Personnel Information Exchange System
PIF Pending Inquiry File, Pending Issue File
PII Personally Identifiable Identification
PL Public Law
plts Platelets
PM Afternoon
PMC Pension Management Center
PMH Past Medical History
PMHP Primary Mental Health Provider
P&N Psychiatry and Neurology
PN Poorly Nourished, Practical Nurse
pneu Pneumo, Pneumonia
PNI Peripheral Nerve Injury
PNX Pneuomothorax
PO By Mouth
POA Power of Attorney
POC Point of Contact
pos Positive
post Posterior
POSTOP Postoperative
POW Prisoner of War
PPU Payment Processing Unit
PR Proctology
PRC Polytrauma Rehabilitation Center
pre-op Preoperative
prep Prepare for
PRM According to Circumstances
PRN As Needed, As Often as Necessary
prod Productive
Prog Prognosis
PROM Passive Range of Motion
pron Pronation, Pronator
PSH Past Surgical History
Psych Psychiatry
P&T, PT Permanent and Total
PT Patient, Permanent Total, Physical Therapy
PTE Peace Time Era
PTSD Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
PUD Peptic Ulcer Disease
PVD Peripheral Vascular Disease
PVT Previous Trouble, Private
PWB% Partial Weight Bearing with Percent
PX Post Exchange, Physical Examination
q Every
qh Every Hour
qid Four Times a Day
QMS Quality Management System
QRT Quality Review Team
qt Quart
QTC Quality, Timeliness & Customer Service
R Rectal Temperature, Right, Rub
RA Resident Assistant, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Right Atrium
RACC Restricted Access Claim Center
RAD Release from Active Duty
RAR Records Acqusition and Research
RAtx Radiation Therapy
RBA Rating Board Automation
RBC Red Blood Cell, Red Blood Count
RCA Right Coronary Artery
RCU Respiratory Care Unit
RD Respiratory Distress
RDS Respiratory Distress Syndrome
RDP Regional Data Processing
RE Reconditioning Exercise, Right Extremity
REAP Reserve Educational Assistance Program
reg Regular
rehab Rehabilitation
REPS Restored Entitlement Program for Survivors
resp Respiratory, respirations
RF Radio Frequency, Rheumatic Fever
RFA Request For Application
RFE Routine Future Examination
RIF Reduction in Force
RLA Rancho Los Amigo Scale
RLC Regional Loan Center
RLE Right Lower Extremity
RMC Records Management Center
RMO Records Management Officer
RN Registered Nurse
R/O Ruled Out
RO Regional Office
ROI Release of Information
ROM Range of Motion, Right Otitis Media, Rupture of Membranes
ROP Rate of Pursuit
ROS Review of Symptoms
ROTC Reserve Officers' Training Corps
RPC Records Processing Center
RPO Regional Processing Office
RSFPP Retired Services Family Protection Plan
Rt Right
RT Radiation Therapy, Respiration Therapy
RUE Right Upper Extremity
RV Residual Volume
RVN Republic of Vietnam
RVSR Rating Veterans Service Representative (Rater)
RX Prescription, Therapy
s Without
S Serum, Sensation, Sensitive
SAA State Approving Agency
SAH Specially Adapted Housing
SAP Substance Abuse Program
SBA Small Business Administration
SBDC Small Business Development Center
SBOP State Bureau of Prisons
SBP Survivor Benefit Plan
sc Subcutaneous(ly)
SC Service-Connected
schiz Schizophrenia
SCI Spinal Cord Injury
SCO School Certifying Official
SD Service Department
SDRP Special Discharge Review Program
S-DVI Service-Disabled Veterans Life Insurance
sec Second
sep Separated, Separation
Sens Sensation, Sensory
SF Space Forces, Special Forces, Standard Form
SFW Shell Fragment Wound
SGLI Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance
SGLI-DE Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance-Disability Extension
SHA Special Housing Adaptation
SI Stroke Index, Suicidal Idealization
skel Skeletal
Sl Slightly
SL Under the Tongue
sm Small
SM Service Member
SMC Special Monthly Compensation
SMP Special Monthly Pension
SMR Service Medical Record
SN Service Number
SOAR Strategic Oversight and Analysis Review
SOB Shortness of Breath
SOC Statement of the Case
S/P Status Post
sp cd Spinal Cord
SPCM Special Court-Martial
SPD Separation Program Designator
spec Specimen
spin Spinal, Spine
SPN Separation Program Number
SPS Secure Payment System
SRD Schedule for Ratings Disabilities
SRT Special Restorative Training
S/S Signs and Symptoms
SS Social Security, Social Service
SSA Social Security Administration
SSB Special Separation Benefits
SSD Support Services Division
SSDI Social Security Disability Insurance
SSI Supplemental Security Income
SSN Social Security Number
SSO Single Sign On
SSOC Supplemental Statement of the Case
SSVF Supportive Services for Veteran Families
STD Sexually Transmitted Disease
STAR Systematic Technical Accuracy Review
STR Service Treatment Records
STS Soft Tissue Sarcoma
subcut Subcutaneous
subling Sublingual
sup Superior
supin Supination
surg Surgery
SVCE Senior Veterans Claims Examiner
SVT Specialized Vocational Training
SWA Southwest Asia
SX Symptoms
Syst Systolic
T Temperature
T&A Tonsils and Adenoids, Tonsillectomy and Adenoidectomy
tab Tablet
TAD Temporary Active Duty
TAH Total Abdominal Hysterectomy
TAMP Transitional Assistance Management Program
TAP Transition Assistance Program
TATU Tuition Assistance Top Up
TB Tuberculosis
TBD To Be Determined
TBI Traumatic Brain Injury
TCS Target Central System
TDA Transfer of Disbursing Authority
TDIU Total Disability Individual Unemployability
TDRL Temporary Disability Retired List
TDY Temporary Duty
TEB Transfer of Education Benefits
temp Temperature
TERA Temporary Early Retirement Authority, Toxic Exposure Risk Activity
THR Total Hip Replacement
TIA Transient Ischemic Attack
TIMS The Image Management System
TNM Tumor, Nodes, and Metastases
TNTC Too Numerous To Count
TOE Transfer of Entitlement
T&P, TP Total and Permanent
TPR Temperature, Pulse, Respiration
tr Trace
trach Tracheostomy
TRDL Temporary Disabled Retirement List
TSGLI Traumatic Injury Protection Group Life Insurance
UA Urinalysis
UCMJ Uniform Code of Military Justice
UE Upper Extremity
UHC Under Honorable Conditions
ULE Upper Left Extremity
URD Upper Respiratory Disease
URE Upper Right Extremity
URI Upper Respiratory Infection
u/s Ultrasound
USAFI US Armed Forces Institute
USC United States Code
USCA United States Code Annotated
USCS United States Code Service
USGLI United States Government Life Insurance
USJSRRC United States Joint Service Records Research Center
USMC United Sates Marine Corps
USN United States Navy
UTI Urinary Tract Infection
V Vein
VA Department of Veterans Affairs, Visual Acuity
VACO Veterans Affairs Central Office
VACOLS Veteran Appeals Control and Locator System
VADS Veterans Assistance Discharge System
VAF VA Form
VAGC VA General Counsel
VAI Veterans Assistance Inquiry
VAMC VA Medical Center
VAOGC VA Office of the General Counsel
VAOIG VA Office of Inspector General
VAOPC VA Outpatient Clinic
VAR VA Regulation
VARO VA Regional Office
VBA Veterans Benefits Administration
VBMS Veterans Benefits Management System
VBOC Veterans Business Outreach Center
VC Vital Capacity
VCAA Veterans Claims Assistance Act
VCE Veterans Claims Examiner
VD Venereal Disease
VEAP Veterans Education Assistance Program
VERA Veteran Equitable Resource Allocation, Visitor Engagement Reporting Application
VES Veterans Evaluation Services
VETS Veterans' Employment and Training Service
VF Ventricular Fibrillation, Visual Fields
VFW Veterans of Foreign Wars
VGLI Veterans' Group Life Insurance
VH Visual Hallucinations
VHA Veterans Health Administration
VHIE Veterans Health Information Exchange
VID Veteran Identification Data
VIS Veteran Information Solutions
VISN Veterans Integrated Service Network
vit Vitamin
VJRA Veterans' Judicial Review Act
VLJ Veterans Law Judge
VMLI Veterans Mortgage Life Insurance
VN Visiting Nurse
VONAPP Veterans On-Line Application
VRC Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor
VR&E Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment
VRM Veterans Relationship Management
VSC Veterans Service Center
VSCM Veterans Service Center Manager
VS Vital Signs
VSM Vietnam Service Medal
VSO Veterans Service Officer, Veterans Service Organization
VSOC VetSuccess On Campus
VSR Veterans Service Representative
w Week
WARMS Web Automated Reference Material System
WARTAC Warrior Training Advancement Course
WAVE Web Automated Verification of Enrollment
WBT Weight Bearing Tolerance
WFL Within Functional Limits
WIA Wounded in Action
wk Week
w/n Within
WRIISC War Related Illness and Injury Study Center
WNL Within Normal Limits
WO Warrant Officer
WP White Phosphorous
WS Work Study
WSMS Work Study Management System
w/u Work Up
WWI World War I
WWII World War II
X Times
XO Executive Officer
YO Year Old
YRP Yellow Ribbon Program
YRRP Yellow Ribbon Reintergration Program
YMMV Your Milage May Vary
yrs Years