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Equine Therapy Reduces Staff Stress and Anxiety at Military Hospital
Not all facility animals are dogs. Mini-horses help reduce staff stress at Naval Medical Center San Diego.
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This file contains the future specification for the Medical Expense & Performance Reporting System (MEPRS) Ancillary Procedures table for the Military Health System Data Repository (MDR) database.
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A war, expedition, occupation of an area or territory, battle, skirmish, raid, invasion, rebellion, insurrection, guerilla action, riot, or any other action in which service members are engaged with a hostile or belligerent nation, faction, ...
Source of Definition:
Characterized by sharpness or severity.
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Fundamental deductions, consistent with medical facts, that are so reasonable and logical as to create a virtual certainty that they are correct. The Service PEB will state with specificity the basis(es) for the conclusion.
Undebatable information that the condition existed before military service and was not aggravated by military service (i.e., evidence that cannot be misinterpreted and misunderstood). In other words, reasonable minds could only conclude that ...
An individual recognized by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs as an agent for the preparation, presentation, and prosecution of claims under applicable laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
Full-time duty in the active military service of the United States, including active duty or full-time training duty in the Reserve Component. Also called AD. See also active duty for training; inactive duty training. (JP 4-05)
A board consisting of at least three medical officers or physicians (including one psychiatrist) convened to determine whether a member is competent (capable of making a rational decision regarding his or her personal and financial affairs).
A medical condition that is determined to be unfitting due to disability and that meets the statutory criteria of Chapter 61 of Title 10, U.S.C. for entitlement to disability retired or severance pay
Calendar day.
The Service member’s decision to accept or appeal the MEB or PEB findings.
The final approving authority for the findings and recommendations of the physical evaluation board (PEB).
Surgery that is not essential, especially surgery to correct a condition that is not life-threatening; surgery that is not required for survival.
Very serious: dangerous to life-used of an illness or its prospects.
A vehicle, vessel, or device designed primarily for military service and in use by a military service at the time of the occurrence or injury.
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