Physical Evaluation Board Liaison Officer (PEBLO)
The non-medical case manager who provides information, assistance, and case status updates to the affected service member throughout the DES process.
This website has recently undergone changes. Users finding unexpected concerns may care to clear their browser's cache to ensure a seamless experience.
Military Health System Health Care Glossary serves as the official repository and consolidated reference (as a secondary source) for terms and definitions used within the MHS. Some terms may have multiple and varying definitions based on the context and primary source of authority. Note that certain definitions may be approved only for limited use in a single primary reference document, while others may have broad applicability in multiple contexts and issuances. To determine the most appropriate definition in a particular context, consult all relevant source documents. Any disparities between this Glossary and primary sources are unintentional, and the primary source shall control.
We found 1228 items
The non-medical case manager who provides information, assistance, and case status updates to the affected service member throughout the DES process.
Period of time when a case is halted due to actions or decisions beyond the control of the Military Department DES agencies or if beneficial to the service member.
Calendar day.
A VA employee assigned to serve as a liaison for the service member throughout the VA disability evaluation and claims process.
The Department of Defense mechanism for determining fitness for duty, separation, or retirement of service members because of disability in accordance with chapter 61 of Title 10, United States Code.
A Department of Defense-only group that reviews the effectiveness of DES functions, identifies best practices, addresses inconsistencies between policy and law, addresses difficulties administering the DES, and provides a forum to develop and plan improvements.
Reserve Component service members not on active duty orders, to include service members on active duty for 30 days or less or on inactive-duty training.
A position of duty, trust, and authority to which an individual is appointed.
A process which involves upon request of the service member, the DOD assigning a physician or other appropriate health care professional who is independent of the MEB to the service member to serve as an independent source for review of the findings and recommendations of the MEB. During the IMR, the independent physician or health care professional will ...
A DOD-only disability evaluation mechanism to assess ill or injured Service members’ fitness for continued military service and, if unfit, the appropriate disability disposition. Service members processed through the LDES must be afforded the opportunity to apply for veterans’ disability benefits through the VA pre-discharge BDD Program.
Individually identifiable health information (as defined in the HIPAA Privacy Rule) that, except as provided in this issuance, is transmitted or maintained by electronic or any other form or medium. PHI excludes individually identifiable health information in employment records held by a DOD covered entity in its role as employer. Information that has bee...
The PEB’s record of proceedings, which includes the fitness decision, code, and percentage rating for each unfitting and compensable condition, stability and permanency of the disability, and administrative determinations.
The order of precedence among members of the military services.
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.
A designator code that indicates rationale for which a service member is discharged from military service.
The appearance of hyperlinks does not constitute endorsement by the Department of Defense of non-U.S. Government sites or the information, products, or services contained therein. Although the Defense Health Agency may or may not use these sites as additional distribution channels for Department of Defense information, it does not exercise editorial control over all of the information that you may find at these locations. Such links are provided consistent with the stated purpose of this website.
You are leaving Health.mil View the external links disclaimer.