VA acronym translator
Initials from VA records. Not a reading of your letter, not a rating, and not a payment.
What this does
You type VA initials. The page expands the ones on this short list and says what they usually mean.
What this does not do
It does not read your letter, decide a rating, or file a claim. An unknown initial stays unknown.
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VA — U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
The department that administers veterans’ benefits. This product is not VA and is not affiliated with VA. We do not file.
VBA — Veterans Benefits Administration
The VA administration that publishes disability-claims workload reports. A published average is not your claim’s timeline and not a promise.
VBA detailed claims data and Monday Morning Workload Reports
VHA — Veterans Health Administration
The VA administration associated with VA medical care. Appointment pages on VA.gov are VA’s. This product does not book an appointment.
C-file — Claims file
Ordinary name for the claims file VA keeps. This glossary only expands the letters. Organizing copies you already have is a separate guide. This product does not download a C-file from VA.
C&P — Claim exam (compensation and pension exam)
VA’s public page titles this a claim exam and also uses C&P. VA schedules it. This product does not book the exam and does not predict what an examiner will write.
DBQ — Disability Benefits Questionnaire
A questionnaire VA publishes for a clinician to record findings, often at a claim exam. This glossary does not fill one, does not say which questionnaire applies to you, and does not predict an exam result. We do not file.
VSO — Veterans service organization
An organization that may have VA-accredited representatives. Choosing one is yours. This product does not appoint a representative and does not email one for you.
BVA — Board of Veterans’ Appeals
The Board publishes appeal wait-time figures. A published average is not how long one appeal will take.
FDC — Fully Developed Claim
A filing path VA describes when you submit evidence you already have. Choosing that path, or another path, is yours or your accredited representative’s. We do not prescribe a strategy. We do not file.
ITF — Intent to File
VA Form 21-0966 uses this idea in its title. VA’s form page is the source. This product does not submit the form.
21-526EZ — VA disability compensation form
The disability form VA publishes at the linked page. This product does not fill it for submission and does not send it. You or an accredited representative file outside this app.
IU — Individual unemployability
VA Form 21-8940 is titled Veteran’s Application for Increased Compensation Based on Unemployability. This glossary does not say whether that form applies to you and does not promise a payment.
CFR — Code of Federal Regulations
Published rules, including the combined-ratings table at 38 CFR 4.25. A regulation is not your rating.
eCFR — Electronic Code of Federal Regulations
The public site that hosts the current Code of Federal Regulations text this product cites. Read the section yourself. We do not file.
DD214 — Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty
The separation document many veterans already hold. This product does not download one from DoD or VA. A filename is not the document.
STR — Service treatment record
Medical records from service that a veteran may already have requested. This product does not request them from VA or DoD. Image-only pages are not OCR.
MOS — Military occupational specialty
A job label you may type yourself. This product does not look up a service record to fill it in.
SC — Service-connected
A legal status VA decides under published rules, including 38 CFR 3.303. This page does not decide it and does not predict it.
My Claim
Sign in, then organize copies you already have in My Claim. This is not a chat. The price for organizational help is a flat subscription — $9.99/mo or $107.99/yr. Checkout on this site opens only when we turn payment on. When checkout is open, it is that flat subscription. Never a cut of VA pay. Never a percentage of VA pay. This page does not start a charge. You prepare your own claim. We do not file. Not an accredited representative. Not a rating promise.
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