Lasting or remaining without essential change; not expected to change in status, condition, or place.

A person designated to make SCAADL decisions for the Service member.  This could be a person designated by the Service member, a court-appointed guardian or a personal representative in accordance with DOD 6025.18-R.

Military or civilian personnel (including those working under contractual or similar arrangement) who have received education or training beyond the technical level in a recognized health care discipline and who are licensed, certified, or registered by a State, government agency, or professional organization to provide specific health services in that fi...

An individual authorized to certify a Service member's SCAADL eligibility on the DD Form 2948 on behalf of the respective Military Service.

The most prevalent human enzyme deficiency in the world, the disorder stems from an intrinsic metabolic defect of the red blood cells. The majority of people with G6PD deficiency are unaware of their status, living out their lives with no anemia, no symptoms, and no complications. The disorder becomes recognized when an episode of acute hemolysis (rupture...

Information that can be used to distinguish or trace an individual’s identity, such as their name, social security number, date and place of birth, mother’s maiden name, biometric records, including any other personal information that is linked or linkable to a specified individual.

A hereditary condition, also called sickle cell anemia, that causes a type of faulty hemoglobin in red blood cells.  Some red blood cells can become hard, change shape and don’t move well through the smallest blood vessels.  This can stop or slow blood flow to parts of the body, causing less oxygen to reach these areas.  The sickle ce...

A method of surveillance used in a population to identify an unrecognized disease in individuals without signs or symptoms.

All conditions in which an individual carries the sickle hemoglobin gene mutation on only one beta globin gene. If the other beta globin gene is normal, the individual has sickle cell trait, which is not a disease and does not alter the individual’s life expectancy. Individual knowledge of carrier status is important for family planning to assist in...

A red blood cell enzyme that catalyzes the first step in a metabolic pathway that serves as precursor for important molecules. The red blood cell is particularly dependent on G6PD for protection against oxidative stress because, unlike other cells in the body, red blood cells lack a nucleus, mitochondria, and other organelles necessary to produce the prot...

A Military Department board of two or more civilian or military personnel, including at least one physician and one line officer, which determines the fitness of Service members with medical conditions to adequately perform their military duties.

The Department of Defense mechanism for determining return to duty, separation, or retirement of Service members because of disability in accordance with chapter 61 of Title 10, United States Code.

The rating schedule in Part 4 of Title 38, Code of Federal Regulations (also known as the “Department of Veterans Affairs Schedule for Rating Disabilities (VASRD)”) is primarily a guide in the evaluation of disability resulting from all types of diseases and injuries encountered as a result of or incident to military service. The percentage ra...

Any impairment due to disease or injury, regardless of degree, that reduces or prevents an individual’s actual or presumed ability to engage in gainful employment or normal activity. The term “physical disability” includes mental disease, but not such inherent defects as behavioral disorders, adjustment disorders (except Chronic Adjustme...

Notional disability evaluation system (DES) cases are created to simulate specific situations focusing on targeted policy issues; each includes distracting information to add realistic case evaluation conditions.