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PrEP: Learn About the Highly Effective Drug to Prevent HIV
HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis drugs, otherwise known as PrEP, are powerful weapons against HIV. Through education and raising awareness of HIV exposures, the risks of getting the disease are lower than ever.
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Regulations and instructions for the DOD Components based on the CLIA regulations issued by the HHS. CLIA comparable regulations are similar to, but not necessarily identical to, HHS CLIA regulations, modified only as may be required to meet ...
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Guidelines that establish medical conditions or physical defects that could render a Service member unfit for further military service and may be cause for referral of the Service member into the disability evaluation system (DES).
The final approving authority for the findings and recommendations of the physical evaluation board (PEB).
The continuation on active duty or in the Ready Reserve in a limited-duty capacity of a Service member determined unfit because of disability evaluation or medical disqualification; however, the Service member is entitled to reconsideration ...
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).
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 ...
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 ...
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.
Conditions that were neither incurred nor aggravated while the active component or reserve component member was in a qualified military duty status.
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
The non-medical case manager who provides information, assistance, and case status updates to the affected Service member throughout the DES process.
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 Disability Evaluation System (DES) process by which DOD determines whether eligible wounded, ill, or injured service members are fit for continued military service and determines appropriate benefits for service members who are separated or ...
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 ...
The joint DOD/Veterans Administration process by which DOD determines whether ill or injured Service members are fit for continued military service, and the DOD and VA determine appropriate benefits for Service members who are separated or ...
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