| 10-10 EZ |
VA Form 10-10 EZ (application for VA Health care) |
| 10N |
Washington DC VACO |
| 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 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 |
| 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 |
| ADD |
Adduction |
| ADE |
Adverse Drug Event |
| 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 |
| AFI |
Air Force Instruction |
| AFIB |
Arterial Fibrillation |
| AFO |
Ankle-Foot Othosis |
| AGE |
Acute Gastroenteritis |
| 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 |
| A/R |
Auditory Hallucinations |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| AOD |
Administrative Officer of the Day, Administrator on Duty |
| AOR |
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 |
| BDC |
Benefits Delivery Center |
| BDD |
Benefits Delivery at Discharge |
| BDN |
Benefits Delivery Network |
| 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 |
| c̄ |
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 |
| CAROLS |
Centralized Accounts Receivable Online System |
| cath |
Catheter |
| CAVC |
Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims |
| CBC |
Complete Blood Count |
| CBD |
Chief Benefits Director |
| 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 |
| 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 |
Cranial Nerve |
| CNA |
Certified Nursing Assistant |
| 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 |
| COWC |
Committee on Waivers and Compromises |
| C&P |
Compensation and Pension Exam |
| CP |
Chest Pain |
| CPAP |
Continuous Positive Airway Pressure |
| CPR |
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation |
| CRC |
Community Residential Center |
| CRDP |
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 |
| DD |
Direct Deposit, Dishonorable Discharge |
| 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 |
| DPRIS |
Defense Personnel Records Information Retrieval System |
| DRB |
Discharge Review Board |
| DRO |
Decision Review Officer |
| 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 |
| ECAP |
Electronic Certification Automated Program |
| ECC |
Education Call Center, Electrocardiogram |
| ECM |
Education Case Manager |
| ECSS |
Education Compliance Survey Specialist |
| ED |
Emergency Department, Erectile Dysfunction |
| EEG |
Electroencephalogram |
| EENT |
Eye, Ear, Nose, and Throat |
| EEO |
Equal Employment Opportunity |
| EFT |
Electronic Fund Transfer |
| EGC |
Electrocardiogram |
| EKG |
Electrocardiogram |
| ELR |
Education Liaison Representative |
| ELS |
Education Liaison Specialist |
| 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 |
| EVSS |
Enterprise Veterans Self Service |
| Exam |
Examination |
| ext |
external, exterior |
| F |
Fahrenheit |
| FAA |
Federal Aviation Administration |
| FAQ |
Frequently Asked Questions |
| FBOP |
Federal Bureau of Prisons |
| FDC |
Fully Developed Claim |
| FDIB |
Funds Due Incompetent Beneficiaries |
| FH |
Family History |
| FHA |
Federal Housing Authority |
| fib |
Fibrillation |
| fl |
Fluid |
| fld |
Fluid |
| FLT |
Flight Training |
| 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 |
| FTS |
Full-Time Service |
| F/U |
Follow Up |
| FWB |
Full Weight Bearing |
| FX |
Fracture |
| 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 |
| gluc |
Glucose |
| GMAT |
Graduate Management Admission Test |
| GNA |
Geriatric Nursing Assistant |
| GOE |
Gathering of Evidence |
| GP |
General Paralysis, General Practitioner |
| GPF |
General Post Fund |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| IME |
Independent Medical Evaluation, Independent Medical Expert |
| IMO |
Independent Medical Opinion |
| imp |
Impression |
| incr |
Increase |
| inf |
Inferior, Infusion |
| int |
Internal |
| IPAC |
Intra-Governmental Payment and Collection System |
| IRIS |
Inquiry Routing and Information System |
| IRM |
Information Resource Management |
| IRR |
Individual Ready Reserve |
| irreg |
Irregular |
| IU |
Individual Unemployability |
| IV |
Intravenous(ly) |
| IVAP |
Income for VA Purposes |
| IVR |
Interactive Voice Response |
| J |
Joint |
| jt |
Joint |
| JAG |
Judge Advocate General |
| JSRRC |
Joint Services Records Research Center |
| K |
Kidney, Potassium |
| 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 |
| lat |
Lateral |
| LE |
Left Extremity, Lower Extremity |
| 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 |
| LSAT |
Law School Admission Test |
| LSW |
Licensed Social Worker |
| LUE |
Left Upper Extremity |
| LX |
Larynx |
| M |
Mass, Male, Married, Meter, Molar, Mother, Murmur |
| 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 |
| MI |
Myocardial Infarction |
| MIA |
Missing in Action |
| MICU |
Medical Intensive Care |
| min |
Minute |
| mm |
Millimeter |
| mod |
Moderate |
| MOD |
Month of Death |
| MOS |
Military Occupational Specialty |
| MPR |
Military Personnel Records |
| M/R, MR |
Master Record |
| MRI |
Magnetic Resonance Imaging |
| MRSA |
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus |
| MST |
Military Sexual Trauma |
| MTF |
Military Treatment Facility |
| MVA |
Motor Vehicle Accident |
| n |
Nerve |
| N/A |
Not Applicable |
| NAD |
No Abnormality Detective, No Apparent Distress |
| NARA |
National Archives and Record Administration |
| NCD |
Non-College Degree |
| NCS |
National Call to Service |
| neg |
Negative |
| neur |
Neurology |
| NHL |
Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma |
| NKA |
No Known Allergies |
| no. |
Number |
| 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 |
| NPC |
Naval Personnel Command |
| NPO |
Nothing by Mouth |
| NPRC |
National Personnel Records Center |
| NQE |
National Quality Error |
| NR |
Non-Rating |
| NSA |
No Specific Abnormality |
| NSC |
Non-Service-Connected |
| NSO |
National Service Officer |
| NST |
Non-Stress Test |
| N&V |
Nausea and Vomiting |
| NVD |
Nausea, Vomiting, Diarrhea |
| N&W |
Normal and Well |
| NWB |
Non-Weight Bearing |
| NYD |
Not Yet Diagnosed |
| o |
None, without |
| O |
Oral |
| OA |
Osteoarthritis |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| PA |
Physcian's Assistant |
| PA View |
Posterior-Anterior view on x-ray |
| PACT |
Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act |
| PACU |
Post Anesthesia Care Unit |
| PAF |
Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation |
| palp |
Palpable, Palpate, Palpated |
| Path |
Pathology |
| PCAT |
Pharmacy College Admissions Test |
| PCP |
Primary Care Provider |
| PDA |
Pending Decision Approval |
| PDBR |
Physical Disability Board of Review |
| PDN |
Private Duty Nurse |
| pdr |
Powder |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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, Physical Therapy |
| PTE |
Peace Time Era |
| PTSD |
Post-Traumatic Stress |
| 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 |
| qt |
Quart |
| R |
Rectal Temperature, Right, Rub |
| RA |
Resident Assistant, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Right Atrium |
| RAD |
Release from Active Duty |
| 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 |
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 |
| SOB |
Shortness of Breath |
| SOC |
Statement of the Case |
| S/P |
Status Post |
| sp cd |
Spinal Cord |
| SPCM |
Special Court-Martial |
| spec |
Specimen |
| spin |
Spinal, Spine |
| SPS |
Secure Payment System |
| SRT |
Special Restorative Training |
| S/S |
Signs and Symptoms |
| SS |
Social Service |
| SSA |
Social Security Administration |
| 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 |
| STD |
Sexually Transmitted Disease |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| VAI |
Veterans Assistance Inquiry |
| VAMC |
VA Medical Center |
| VAR |
VA Regulation |
| VARO |
VA Regional Office |
| VBA |
Veterans Benefits Administration |
| VBMS |
Veterans Benefits Management System |
| VBOC |
Veterans Business Outreach Center |
| VC |
Vital Capacity |
| VCE |
Veterans Claims Examiner |
| VD |
Venereal Disease |
| VEAP |
Veterans Education Assistance Program |
| VERA |
VA Visitor Engagement Reporting Application |
| VETS |
Veterans' Employment and Training Service |
| VF |
Ventricular Fibrillation, Visual Fields |
| VFW |
Veterans of Foreign Wars |
| VH |
Visual Hallucinations |
| VHA |
Veterans Health Administration |
| VID |
Veteran Identification Data |
| VIS |
Veteran Information Solutions |
| vit |
Vitamin |
| 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 |
| WAVE |
Web Automated Verification of Enrollment |
| WBT |
Weight Bearing Tolerance |
| WFL |
Within functional Limits |
| wk |
Week |
| w/n |
Within |
| 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 |
| YR |
Yellow Ribbon Program |
| yrs |
Years |
