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TRICARE Dental Program Is Your Ally in the Fight Against Oral Cancer
According to the National Institutes of Health, health care providers diagnose about 54,000 new cases of oral cancer per year in the United States. As with all types of cancer, education and early detection are critical. Learn how to spot the warning signs of oral cancer before the disease can spread.
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The joint DOD-VA process by which DOD determines whether ill or injured service members are fit for continued military service and DOD and VA determine appropriate benefits for Service members who are separated or retired for disability. In ...
Source of Definition:
A senior medical officer, appointed by the Military Departments or DHA, who has detailed knowledge of standards of medical fitness, retention standards, and disposition of patients and disability separation processing and who is familiar with ...
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The service member’s decision to accept or appeal the medical evaluation board or physical evaluation board findings.
For service members entering the DES, 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 condition and medical history with a ...
A briefing that consists of, at a minimum, PEBLOs, MSCs, and legal counsel, and establishes service member expectations, prepares service members for each stage of the DES process, and informs service members of what is expected of them during ...
The non-medical case manager who provides information, assistance, and case status updates to the affected service member throughout the DES process.
Calendar day.
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.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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