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Glossary Term
Date of Publication:
11/10/2022
For Service members entering the disability evaluation system, the MEB conducts the medical evaluation on conditions that potentially affect the Service member’s fitness for duty. The MEB documents the Service member’s medical ...
Source of Definition:
DoDI 1332.18: Disability Evaluation System (DES)
Glossary Term
Date of Publication:
11/10/2022
Any disease or residual of an injury that results in a lessening or weakening of the capacity of the body or its parts to perform normally, according to accepted medical principles.
Source of Definition:
DoDI 1332.18: Disability Evaluation System (DES)
Glossary Term
Date of Publication:
11/10/2022
The name (e.g., “Boatswain’s Mate”) prescribed for service members of a military service in an occupational field.
Source of Definition:
DoDI 1332.18: Disability Evaluation System (DES)
Glossary Term
Date of Publication:
11/10/2022
The order of precedence among members of the military services.
Source of Definition:
DoDI 1332.18: Disability Evaluation System (DES)
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Rank
Glossary Term
Date of Publication:
11/10/2022
A step or degree in a graduated scale of office or military rank that is established and designated as a grade by law or regulation.
Source of Definition:
DoDI 1332.18: Disability Evaluation System (DES)
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Grade
Glossary Term
Date of Publication:
11/10/2022
A position of duty, trust, and authority to which an individual is appointed.
Source of Definition:
DoDI 1332.18: Disability Evaluation System (DES)
Glossary Term
Date of Publication:
11/10/2022
An inquiry used to determine whether a service member incurred an injury or disease while in a duty status; whether it was aggravated by military duty; and whether incurrence or aggravation was due to the service member’s intentional ...
Source of Definition:
DoDI 1332.18: Disability Evaluation System (DES)
Related Glossary Terms:
Line of Duty Determination | Line of Duty Determination
Glossary Term
Date of Publication:
11/10/2022
Conditions that were neither incurred nor aggravated while the active component or reserve component member was in a qualified military duty status.
Source of Definition:
DoDI 1332.18: Disability Evaluation System (DES)
Glossary Term
Date of Publication:
11/10/2022
A chronological record documenting the medical care, dental care and treatment received primarily outside of a hospital (outpatient) but may contain a synopsis of any inpatient hospital care and behavioral health treatment. The chronologic ...
Source of Definition:
DoDI 1332.18: Disability Evaluation System (DES)
Glossary Term
Date of Publication:
11/10/2022
The permanent worsening of a pre-Service medical condition over and above the natural progression of the condition.
Source of Definition:
DoDI 1332.18: Disability Evaluation System (DES)
Glossary Term
Date of Publication:
11/10/2022
The number of years a Service member may serve at a particular rank.
Source of Definition:
DoDI 1332.18: Disability Evaluation System (DES)
Glossary Term
Date of Publication:
11/10/2022
The period in which an RC Service member is: On active duty (AD) or full-time National Guard duty (FTNGD) for more than 30 days; Performing AD or FTNGD for 30 days or less; Performing inactive duty training (IDT); Performing funeral honors ...
Source of Definition:
DoDI 1332.18: Disability Evaluation System (DES)
Glossary Term
Date of Publication:
11/10/2022
A permanent disability the result of, arising from, or connected with active duty, annual training, active duty for training, or IDT, to include travel to and from such duty or remaining overnight between successive periods of IDT. The ...
Source of Definition:
DoDI 1332.18: Disability Evaluation System (DES)
Glossary Term
Date of Publication:
11/10/2022
When a Service member has previous military service and reenlists in a Regular or Reserve Component of a Military Service after a break in active duty or reserve duty.
Source of Definition:
DoDI 1332.18: Disability Evaluation System (DES)
Glossary Term
Date of Publication:
11/10/2022
An inference of the truth of a proposition or fact reached through a process of reasoning and based on the existence of other facts. Matters that are presumed need no proof to support them, but may be rebutted by evidence to the contrary.
Source of Definition:
DoDI 1332.18: Disability Evaluation System (DES)
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