What this means
A special issue is an indicator attached to a particular VA claim. It may identify the claim type, a disability or disease, or another circumstance relevant to that claim. The section tells staff to identify and enter applicable special issues, and notes that one claimed disability or set of symptoms can warrant more than one.
The current index pairs a name and code with its description; the historical index separately records discontinued names, codes, dates and former uses where supplied. Some entries describe an alleged exposure or condition, others route work to a specialist or reviewer, and others identify automation, evidence or payment-review work. A special issue therefore describes how work is identified or handled, not a benefit decision or proof that every condition in the underlying program has been met.
How this may help with a claim
When an unfamiliar special issue appears in a record, match both its name and code to the relevant description and ask what claim-specific fact or pending action it represents. For example, a private Disability Benefits Questionnaire entry is different from a VA entry for a questionnaire completed by a VHA clinician outside the compensation-examination process. Identifying the correct category can focus a question about whether the evidence or required review was recognized; it does not establish the weight VA must give that evidence.
A routing label can also help explain a handoff. Records Research Request calls for review by a regional-office research coordinator and is removed after that review results in either submission of a research request or verification of the claimed exposure or stressor. Its removal alone therefore does not tell you which outcome occurred. Ask for the resulting action or record rather than assuming that removal means the exposure was disproved or the claim was decided.
What to review in your file
Read the exact name, code and description together, and check all applicable claim circumstances. More than one special issue may apply to a contention. Some rows have no description, and a code alone cannot supply the missing instruction. The two Foreign Out-of-Network rows for AME and SSSCE both show FOONAME despite describing different examination processes; do not choose between them by guessing that one code is a typo. The Nehmer Legacy Appeal Review description also ends with an incomplete instruction to add something to the claim. Follow its referenced guidance instead of reconstructing the missing words as an operational rule.
Separate a claim's alleged condition or exposure from an established entitlement or a completed evidentiary finding. Many disease and exposure rows expressly apply when entitlement has not previously been established; the precise condition differs by row. The PTSD entries distinguish combat, non-combat and non-sexual personal trauma, while the MST entry covers mental or physical conditions, including PTSD, resulting from MST. The non-PTSD personal-trauma entry is limited to non-sexual trauma and excludes PTSD. For questionnaires, the Private entry covers a DBQ from a non-VA source; the VA entry covers one completed by a VHA clinician outside the C&P examination process. These are classification instructions, not substitute diagnoses, stressor findings or rules for weighing medical evidence.
For a routing or review issue, check who acts, what action is pending and when removal is authorized. Administrative Decision Review and Rating Decision Review Level 1 route a draft to a second signer and are removed on finalization or routing to a third signer; Level 2 routes to the third signer and is removed on finalization. Local Quality Review remains during an individual-quality-review rebuttal and is removed only when no correction is needed or correction is confirmed. Specialized Records Request is removed when the military-records-specialist request is submitted, whereas Records Research Request follows the coordinator's completed review and submission or verification outcome. Pension & Fiduciary Service Review is limited to designated pension-management-center personnel. These internal routing conditions are not a new claimant appeal procedure or a deadline for a benefit decision.
Do not assume that all automation or exposure-review labels can be removed when a task ends. Automated Claim — APC applies only to automation-eligible contentions in a mixed claim containing at least one ineligible condition. Automation Claim Review, its ADS variant and Rapid Ready for Decision have their own eligibility or pilot/prototype scopes, and the source tells claims processors not to remove those listed issues. RBPS Re-Run Inventory describes a different system-managed removal when a claim leaves that automation process. The PACT entry lists alternative qualifying claim circumstances and says not to remove it after a TERA examination merely because the opinion is negative or attributes the condition to another cause. The separate PACT ACT DIC Reevaluation entry requires a valid elected reevaluation claim under its cross-reference and prohibits applying it and PACT to the same EP simultaneously. None of these tracking instructions determines the outcome of the underlying claim.
Treat the FDC exclusion rows as a lookup requiring verification, not a self-contained set of program rules. Several names and descriptions do not line up: Additional Claim Submitted describes additional evidence, while Evidence Received After FDC CEST describes an additional claim. Necessary Form(s) not Submitted also describes additional evidence, and Needs Non-Fed Evidence Development describes required forms not submitted together. Do not silently swap those descriptions or tell a claimant which label applies on that basis alone. Consult the referenced Fully Developed Claim procedure and actual submission history before interpreting an exclusion. A fully developed-claim label or exclusion label is not itself an approval or denial of benefits.
Check the historical index and any date condition before treating an old label as available today. The separate historical table includes retired appeal, pilot, exposure, attorney-fee, examination and processing labels; its discontinuation dates concern those indicators, not automatic termination of the associated benefits. Current-table entries can also have historical context, including RAMP review-error descriptions and a Character of Discharge entry for determinations before June 25, 2024, alongside COD AQ95 for determinations on or after that date. Blank descriptions, blank historical dates and old program names do not justify inventing a current instruction. Use the source's date and referenced procedure to distinguish an archived label from an active action in the particular record.
Important limits
This recovered topic is dated September 4, 2026. It explains the purpose of claim-specific indicators and selected important distinctions across the current and historical indexes; it does not reproduce the full substantive requirements of every referenced program or certify every code for present-day system use. The many undefined entries, internal project labels and external user-guide references limit what can safely be inferred. The duplicated foreign-examination code, mismatched FDC descriptions and incomplete Nehmer instruction remain source issues, not editorially corrected facts.
A special issue can mark an allegation, an evidence category, a requested review or an automated process without establishing eligibility, a medical conclusion, payment entitlement or a completed action. Internal routing and review-time instructions should not be recast as claimant filing deadlines or promised decision dates. This newly recovered source and its explanation require their own review; they do not inherit approval from an older catalogue or prove that any existing record was correctly classified.
Search terms when useful
Phrases that may help when searching your claim file or this library.
- What a VA claim special issue means
- Multiple special issues on one VA contention
- VA current and historical special issue codes
- Private DBQ versus VA DBQ special issue
- VA Records Research Request special issue removed
- VA rating decision second third signer review labels
- Local Quality Review special issue during rebuttal
- PACT special issue after negative TERA opinion
- PACT DIC reevaluation special issue restriction
- FDC exclusion label description mismatch
- Foreign examination AME SSSCE duplicate code
- Historical discontinued VA special issues
Original VA guidance
The official VA text of this section
Official section title: Special Issues
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2. Special Issues
Introduction
This topic contains information about special issues, including
- purpose of special issues
- index of current special issues, and
- index of historical special issues.
Change Date
September 4, 2026
E.2.a. Purpose of Special Issues
Special issues are claim -specific indicators and can represent a certain claim type, disability or disease, or other special notation that is only relevant to a particular claim. Special issues must be identified and inputted when applicable. If a special issue exists and applies to the claim, it is required.
Note: Scenarios may exist where the contention (claimed disability or signs and symptoms of a disability) would warrant multiple special issues.
Reference: For more information about special issues, see
- M21-1, Part III, Subpart i, 2.F.2.f-g, or
- VBMS User Guide.
E.2.b. Index of Current Special Issues
Use the table below to identify any claim-specific special issues.
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| Name | Code | Description |
| 38 USC 1151 | 38USC1151 | Apply to contentions when developing claims filed under 38 U.S.C. 1151. |
| ABA Election | AE | |
| Abandoned VDC Claim | AVC | |
| Administrative Decision Review - Level 1 | ADRL1 | Apply for special routing of a draft administrative decision to a second signer, and remove when the administrative decision is finalized or routed to a third signer. |
| Administrative Decision Review - Level 2 | ADRL2 | Apply for special routing of a draft administrative decision to a third signer, and remove when the administrative decision is finalized. |
| Agent Orange - outside Vietnam or unknown | AOOV | Use for all SC claims for disabilities resulting from exposure to Agent Orange during military service outside of Vietnam not previously granted. |
| Agent Orange - Vietnam | AOIV | Use for all SC claims for disabilities resulting from exposure to Agent Orange during military service in Vietnam not previously granted. |
| AMA SOC/SSOC Opt-In | ASSOI | Use for contention level tracking for opt-ins because the issues under review may not all be pulled out of a legacy appeal. |
| AMC NOD Brokering Project | ANBP | |
| Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) | ALS | Use for ALS claims when entitlement has not been previously established. |
| Annual Eligibility Report | ELIGIBILITY | System generated on the automatically created contention on EP 600 during annual review of individual unemployability eligibility. |
| Appeal Issue Intertwined | AII | |
| Asbestos | ASB | Use for all SC claims for disabilities resulting from exposure to asbestos not previously granted. |
| Automated Claim - APC | ACA | Apply to all automation eligible contentions in multi-issue claims that include one or more conditions that are not automation eligible. This special issue will not be applied to contentions that are not automation eligible. Note: Claims processor should never remove this special issue. |
| Automated Drill Pay Adjustment | ACTRES | System generated on the automatically created contention on EP 600 during the automated processing of drill pay cases as described in M21-1, Part VI, Subpart ii, 3.A.3.a. |
| Automated Return to Active Duty | ARAD | |
| Automation Claim Review | ACR | Apply to all automation eligible contentions in all claims in Pilot or Prototype status. Note: Claims processor should never remove this special issue. |
| Automation Claim Review - ADS | ACRADS | Apply to all automation eligible contentions in all claims in Prototype status. Note: Claims processor should never remove this special issue. |
| BDD – Excluded | BE | |
| Blue Water Agent Orange | BWAO | Apply to the relevant contention(s) when one of the requirements in M21-1, Part VIII, Subpart i, 1.A.1.d. is met, requiring special routing of a claim to a centralized processing team to research nautical herbicide exposure. Note: Development, research, and documentation of herbicide exposure in RVN nautical locations or nautical-based service in the new PACT Act locations is the sole responsibility of the centralized processing sites. Reference: For more information on locations and specific time frames established by the PACT Act, see M21-1, Part VIII, Subpart i, 1.A.1.c. |
| Brokered - D1BC | BRKD1BC | |
| Brokered - Internal | BRKINT | |
| Burial/DIC Entitlement Issue | BDEI | |
| C-123 | C123 | Apply to contentions for SC disability or death associated with Agent Orange exposure through regular and repeated duties flying on, or maintaining, contaminated former Operation Ranch Hand (ORH) C-123 aircraft. Reference: For more information, see M21-1, Part VIII, Subpart i, 1. A.2.a. |
| CAR-Ineligible | CI | |
| CAR-No Error Found | CNEF | |
| CAR-Untimely | CU | |
| CAVC Settlement | CS | |
| Challenge | CHE | |
| Character of Discharge | CD | Use when a claim involves a character of discharge determination before June 25, 2024. |
| ChemBio | CB | Use for SC claims involving disease or injury as a result of exposure to Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear and Explosives (CBRNE) when entitlement has not been previously established. Reference: For more information, see M21-1, Part VIII, Subpart iii, 5.A. |
| Claimant Service Verification Accepted | CDOSV | |
| Claims Accuracy Request | CAR | |
| Cleland-Dole Timeliness Review-5302B | CDTRB | Claims processors will be required to apply this special issue when considering this interim standard when processing overpayments. |
| COD AQ95 | CODAQ95 | Apply when making a character of discharge determination on or after June 25, 2024. |
| Combat Related Death | CRD | |
| Compensation Service Review - Equitable Relief | CSRER | Use to refer claims for Equitable Relief to Compensation Service, including TBI Equitable Relief. Reference: For more information, see M21-1, Part X, Subpart v, 1.B.1.i. |
| Compensation Service Review - Extraschedular | CSRE | Apply when requesting a determination on extra-scheduler entitlement to TDIU and/or evaluation from Compensation Service. Reference: For more information, see M21-1, Part V, Subpart ii, 3.D.3.a. |
| Compensation Service Review - Opinion | CSRO | Apply when requesting an Advisory Opinion, Administrative Review, or Administrative Determination on a Difference of Opinion from Compensation Service. Reference: For more information, see M21-1, Part X, Subpart v, 1.A.1.g. |
| Compensation Service Review - Overpayment | CSROT | Apply when requesting Compensation Service approval of administrative decisions involving erroneous payments of $40,000 or greater due to administrative error. Reference: For more information, see M21-1, Part VI, Subpart i, 2.B.3.i. |
| Compensation Service Review - POW | CSRP | Apply for submission of an FPOW Determination for Compensation Service. Reference: For more information, see M21-1, Part VIII, Subpart iv, 2.A.3.b. |
| Compensation Service Review - Radiation | CSRR | Use when sending a referral to Compensation Service to obtain an advisory opinion for radiation exposure claims. Reference: For more information, see M21-1, Part VIII, Subpart iii, 4.B.5.d. |
| Contract Exam Correction | CEC | |
| COVID-19 | C19 | Reference: For more information on Coronavirus Disease, see M21-1, Part VIII, Subpart iii, 10. |
| COWC | COWC | The Committee on Waivers and Compromises (COWC) will add this special issue to any claims that are pending for the same issue(s) as the COWC claim. |
| DIC School Child Dependency Issue | DSCDI | Use when a claim includes the request to continue eligibility past a child dependent’s 18th birthday for a Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) award. |
| Different Station Review | DSR | |
| Disability Benefits Questionnaire - Private | DBQP | Apply to any compensation contention when a Disability Benefits Questionnaire (DBQ) is received from any non-VA source. |
| Disability Benefits Questionnaire - VA | DBQV | Apply to any compensation contention when a DBQ is completed by a VHA clinician outside of the Compensation and Pension (C&P) exam process. |
| DTA Error – Exam/MO | DEEM | Use to identify the reason for deferral of a RAMP Higher Level Review. |
| DTA Error – Fed Recs | DFR | Use to identify the reason for deferral of a RAMP Higher Level Review. |
| DTA Error – Other Recs | DOR | Use to identify the reason for deferral of a RAMP Higher Level Review. |
| DTA Error – PMRs | DEP | Use to identify the reason for deferral of a RAMP Higher Level Review. |
| Duplicate Record Consolidation (DUPC) | DUPC | Apply when duplicate BIRLS or corporate records exist that require consolidation per the Duplicate Record Consolidation Materials Users Guide. |
| Edgewood Arsenal Testing | EAT | Apply to contentions for SC disability or death associated with test participation at the Edgewood Arsenal. |
| Emergency Care – CH17 Determination | ECCD | Apply for special routing of Mental Health Initiative (MHI) EP 290 for a Character of Discharge (COD) determination that requires a rating decision for entitlement to SC for treatment purposes as described in M21-1, Part XIII, Subpart i, 3.B.1.c. |
| Enhanced Disability Severance Pay | EDSP | Apply to any compensation contention when VA compensation was withheld to recoup disability severance pay for certain Navy and Marine Corps Veterans but at a later date a corrected DD Form 214 or separation orders was received. |
| Environmental Hazard - Camp Lejeune | EHCL | Use for all SC claims for disabilities resulting from Camp Lejeune Environmental Hazard not previously granted. Reference: For more information, see M21-1, Part VIII, Subpart iii, 8. A.2.a. |
| Environmental Hazard – Camp Lejeune – Louisville | EHCLLOU | Applied to the relevant condition(s) when one of the requirements in M21-1, Part VIII, Subpart iii, 8.A.1.a. is met for specialized routing for centralized processing of Camp Lejeune claims. |
| Environmental Hazard in Gulf War | GW | Use for all claimed conditions related to undiagnosed illness and/or MUCMIs based on qualifying Southwest Asia location(s) as defined in 38 CFR 3.317(e) not previously granted Reference: For more information on qualifying disabilities and locations, see M21-1, Part VIII, Subpart ii, 1.A.1.e-g. |
| EP400 Merge Project | EMP | Apply to identify eligible claims as DNR indicator to NWQ. |
| Extra-Schedular 3.321(b)(1) | ES3 | Use when an extra-schedular rating may be granted for unusual cases authorized by the Director of Compensation Service or delegate. |
| Extra-Schedular IU 4.16(b) | ESI4 | Use when extra-schedular consideration may apply for Veterans who are unemployable by reason of SC disabilities, but who fail to meet the percentage standards set forth in 38 CFR. 4.16(a). |
| FDC Excluded - Additional Claim Submitted | FEACS | Apply to a single contention when an FDC is submitted and needs to be excluded due to the claimant or power of attorney (POA) submitting additional evidence, even if it does not require additional development. Reference: For more information, see M21-1, Part X, Subpart i, 2.B.2.e. |
| FDC Excluded - All Required Items Not Submitted | FEARINS | Apply to a single contention when an FDC is submitted and the claimant files to simultaneously submit any of the additional forms required to process the specific claim. Reference: For more information, see M21-1, Part X, Subpart i, 2.B.2.e. |
| FDC Excluded - Appeal Pending | FEAP | Apply to a single contention when an FDC is submitted and the claimant has an appeal pending at the time of receipt of the EZ form. Reference: For more information, see M21-1, Part X, Subpart i, 2.B.2.e. |
| FDC Excluded - Appeal submitted | FEAS | Apply to a single contention when an FDC is pending and needs to be excluded due to the claimant or power of attorney (POA) submitting an appeal. Reference: For more information, see M21-1, Part X, Subpart i, 2.B.2.e. |
| FDC Excluded - Claim Pending | FECP | Apply to a single contention when an FDC is submitted and the claimant has another claim pending at the time of receipt of the EZ form. Reference: For more information, see M21-1, Part X, Subpart i, 2. B.2.e. |
| FDC Excluded - Claimant Declined FDC Processing | FDCCFP | Apply to a single contention when a claimant submits a claim on an EZ form, but declines processing in the FDC program. Reference: For more information, see M21-1, Part X, Subpart i, 2.B.2.e. |
| FDC Excluded - Evidence Received After FDC CEST | FDCEFC | Apply to a single contention when an FDC is submitted and needs to be excluded due to the claimant or power of attorney (POA) submitting an additional claim, even if it does not require additional development. Reference: For more information, see M21-1, Part X, Subpart i, 2.B.2.e. |
| FDC Excluded - FDC Certification Incomplete | FEFCI | |
| FDC Excluded - FTR to Examination | FEFTE | Apply to a single contention when an FDC is submitted and the claimant fails to report for a VA examination, and asks VA to reschedule. Reference: For more information, see M21-1, Part X, Subpart i, 2.B.2.e. |
| FDC Excluded - Necessary Form(s) not Submitted | FENS | Apply to a single contention when an FDC is submitted and needs to be excluded due to the claimant or power of attorney (POA) submitting additional evidence, even if it does not require additional development. Reference: For more information, see M21-1, Part X, Subpart i, 2.B.2.e. |
| FDC Excluded - Needs Non-Fed Evidence Development | FDCNED | Apply to a single contention when an FDC is submitted and needs to be excluded due to the claimant failing to simultaneously submit any of the additional forms required to process the specific claim. Reference: For more information, see M21-1, Part X, Subpart i, 2.B.2.e. |
| FDC Excluded - requires INDPT VRFCTN of FTI | FERIVF | Apply to a single contention when an FDC is submitted and the VA requires independent verification of earned and unearned income from Federal Tax Information (FTI) received for upfront verification. Reference: For more information, see M21-1, Part X, Subpart i, 2.B.2.e. |
| Fed Record Delay - No Further Dev | FRDNFD | |
| Fid Referral to OGC-OIG | FROO | |
| FOIA/PA Automation | FPA | This is used to identify which FOIA PA requests are automation eligible and ensure FOIA PA workload is appropriately segmented. |
| FOIA Genealogy Request | FGR | This special issue used to track third party FOIA requests relating to Veteran genealogy data. |
| Force Majeure | FM | This special issue is needed for control of claims that are impacted by extremes like Hurricanes (e.g., Helene and Milton). |
| Foreign Out-of-Network | FOON | Apply to each contention where an associated foreign examination request was returned for clarification by the contract vendor indicating that the AME or SSSCE process should be used for examining each contention specified. Reference: For more information see M21-1, Part IV, Subpart i, 2.E.2.h. |
| Foreign Out-of-Network (AME) | FOONAME | Apply to each contention where an associated foreign examination request was returned for clarification by the contract vendor indicating that the AME process should be used for examining each contention specified. Reference: For more information see M21-1, Part IV, Subpart i, 2.E.2.h. |
| Foreign Out-of-Network (SSSCE) | FOONAME | Apply to each contention where an associated foreign examination request was returned for clarification by the contract vendor indicating that the SSSCE process should be used for examining each contention specified. Reference: For more information see M21-1, Part IV, Subpart i, 2.E.2.h. |
| Fully Developed Claim | FDC | Apply to a single contention for FDCs submitted on one of the forms listed in M21-1, Part X, Subpart i, 2.A.2.a. |
| FY 16 Drill Pay Reviews | FDPR | |
| FY21 NDAA AO Presumptive | FNAP | Apply to parkinsonism, bladder cancer, and/or hypothyroidism contention(s) not previously granted when: evidence establishes service in the RVN, including RVN nautical service, and the eligibility requirements of Nehmer outlined in M21-1, Part VIII, Subpart i, 2.B.1.d. are met. |
| Hepatitis C | HEPC | Use for hepatitis C claims when entitlement has not been previously established. |
| HIV | HIV | Use for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) claims when entitlement has not been previously established. |
| IDES Deferral | ID | Use when a contention will be deferred on the IDES final rating. |
| IDES Development | IDDE | |
| Informal Conference | IC | Apply when an HLR with an Informal Conference is established. Reference: For more information, see M21-5, Chapter 5.3.c. |
| Intertwined Issue | II | |
| Local Hearing | LH | Apply for special routing when a local hearing is requested in conjunction with a pending appeal or claim, and remove when the hearing issue is resolved. |
| Local Mentor Review | LMR | Apply for special routing when a draft letter, decision, or award is completed and requires mentor review, and remove once the action is approved. |
| Local Quality Review | LQR | Apply for special routing when a Quality Review Specialist (QRS) selects a claim for an in-process review (IPR) or individual quality review (IQR), and remove if no corrective action is needed, or upon confirmation that the error was corrected. Must remain during IQR error rebuttal process. |
| Local Quality Review IPR | LQRIPR | System generated when a rating decision contains an override as a result of Evaluation Builder or pyramiding override. |
| Medical Foster Home | MFH | Use for claims related to placement in a Medical Foster Home. |
| Military Sexual Trauma (MST) | MST | Use for any condition(s), mental or physical, (including posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)), resulting from MST. Reference: For more information, see M21-1, Part VIII, Subpart iv, 1.B.1.c. |
| MQAS Separation and Severance Pay Audit | MSSPA | Apply to a single contention for any EP 600 resulting from a Management Quality Adjustment Service (MQAS) adjustment based on an EP 338. |
| Mustard Gas | MG | Use for all SC claims for disabilities resulting from exposure to mustard agents or lewisite not previously granted. Reference: For more information, see M21-1, Part VIII, Subpart iii, 3.A.2.b. |
| National Quality Review | NATNLQUALREV | Apply for special routing to ensure corrective action is completed within the required five-day timeframe for an EP 930 established for the correction of a national quality error. |
| Nehmer - Blue Water Navy | NBWN | |
| Nehmer AMA DROC Review | NADR | If upon review of an AMA case and some or all of the contentions are impacted by Nehmer, follow the instructions outlined in M21-1, Part VIII, Subpart i, 2.A.1.b. and add the special issue to the claim. |
| Nehmer AO Peripheral Neuropathy | NAPN | Use for SC claims for peripheral neuropathy that meet Nehmer requirements. References: For more information, see M21-1, Part VIII, Subpart i, 2.B.1.c. and M21-1, Part VIII, Subpart i, 2.A. |
| Nehmer Companion Hold | NCH | |
| Nehmer Legacy Appeal Review | NLAR | If upon review of a legacy appeal and some or all of the contentions are impacted by Nehmer, follow the instructions outlined in M21-1, Part VIII, Subpart i, 2.A, and add the to the claim. |
| Nehmer Payee Identification | NPI | |
| Nehmer Processing Not Applicable | NPNA | |
| Nehmer Survivor Review | NSR | |
| Non-actionable Contract Examination | NACE | |
| Non-actionable RO (non-Appeal) Hearing | NRH | |
| Non-ADL Notification Letter | NANL | Apply for special routing of a claim when generating a notification letter using Personal Computer- Generated Letters (PCGL), and remove when the claim is authorized. |
| Non-Nehmer AO Peripheral Neuropathy | NNAPN | Use for SC claims for peripheral neuropathy that do not meet Nehmer requirements. References: For more information, see M21-1, Part VIII, Subpart i, 2.B. and M21-1, Part VIII, Subpart i, 2.A. |
| Non-PTSD Personal Trauma | PTSD/4 | Use for claims for any condition, mental or physical (other than posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)), resulting from a non-sexual personal trauma when entitlement has not been previously established. Reference: For more information, see M21-1, Part VIII, Subpart iv, 1.B.1.c. |
| No Other Healthcare Eligibility | NOHE | Apply when making healthcare eligibility determination when VHA is unable to verify a Veteran's participation in TERA. |
| NWQ Review Project #1 | NPR1 | For use in tracking special claim or contention types as directed by VA Central Office (VACO). |
| NWQ Review Project #2 | NPR2 | For use in tracking special claim or contention types as directed by VACO. |
| NWQ Review Project #3 | NPR3 | For use in tracking special claim or contention types as directed by VACO. |
| NWQ Review Project #4 | NPR4 | For use in tracking special claim or contention types as directed by VACO. |
| NWQ Review Project #5 | NPR5 | For use in tracking special claim or contention types as directed by VACO. |
| NWQ Review Project #6 | NPR6 | For use in tracking special claim or contention types as directed by VACO. |
| NWQ Review Project #7 | NPR7 | For use in tracking special claim or contention types as directed by VACO. |
| NWQ Review Project #8 | NPR8 | For use in tracking special claim or contention types as directed by VACO. |
| NWQ Review Project #9 | NPR9 | For use in tracking special claim or contention types as directed by VACO. |
| NWQ Review Project #10 | NPR10 | For use in tracking special claim or contention types as directed by VACO. |
| OAR Special Issue 1 | OARSI1 | For use in tracking special claim or contention types as directed by VACO. |
| OAR Special Issue 2 | OARSI2 | For use in tracking special claim or contention types as directed by VACO. |
| OAR Special Issue 3 | OARSI3 | For use in tracking special claim or contention types as directed by VACO. |
| OAR Special Issue 4 | OARSI4 | For use in tracking special claim or contention types as directed by VACO. |
| OFO Review Project 1 | ORP1 | For use in tracking special claim types as directed by VACO. |
| OFO Review Project 2 | ORP2 | For use in tracking special claim types as directed by VACO. |
| OFO Review Project 3 | ORP3 | For use in tracking special claim types as directed by VACO. |
| OFO Review Project 4 | ORP4 | For use in tracking special claim types as directed by VACO. |
| OFO Review Project 5 | ORP5 | For use in tracking special claim types as directed by VACO. |
| OFO Review Project 6 | ORP6 | For use in tracking special claim types as directed by VACO. |
| OFO Review Project 7 | ORP7 | For use in tracking special claim types as directed by VACO. |
| OFO Review Project 8 | ORP8 | For use in tracking special claim types as directed by VACO. |
| OFO Review Project 9 | ORP9 | For use in tracking special claim types as directed by VACO. |
| OFO Review Project 10 | ORP10 | For use in tracking special claim types as directed by VACO. |
| OFO Review Project 11 | ORP11 | For use in tracking special claim types as directed by VACO. |
| OFO Review Project 12 | ORP12 | For use in tracking special claim types as directed by VACO. |
| OFO Review Project 13 | ORP13 | For use in tracking special claim types as directed by VACO. |
| OFO Review Project 14 | ORP14 | For use in tracking special claim types as directed by VACO. |
| OFO Review Project 15 | ORP15 | For use in tracking special claim types as directed by VACO. |
| OFO Review Project 16 | ORP16 | For use in tracking special claim types as directed by VACO. |
| OFO Review Project 17 | ORP17 | For use in tracking special claim types as directed by VACO. |
| OFO Review Project 18 | ORP18 | For use in tracking special claim types as directed by VACO. |
| OFO Review Project 19 | ORP19 | For use in tracking special claim types as directed by VACO. |
| OFO Review Project 20 | ORP20 | For use in tracking special claim types as directed by VACO. |
| PACT | PACT | Apply to every contention claiming SC or Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) that explicitly states a disability or cause of death is related to a toxic exposure risk activity (TERA) and requires the claims processor to follow TERA procedures, is associated with a presumptive location established by the PACT Act, is a new presumptive condition or cause of death established by the PACT Act, or is a non-presumptive disability or cause of death for which a TERA has been conceded and participation has been documented on a TERA Memorandum. Note: This SI should not be removed after a TERA examination has been conducted, even if the medical opinion is negative or attributes the condition to a non-TERA etiology. Since the TERA medical opinion was requested, the claim should be counted as a PACT Act claim. Reference: For more information, see VBA Letter 20-24-06, Updated Guidance on Processing Claims Involving PACT Act. |
| PACT ACT DIC Reevaluation | PACTDICRE | Use when a valid claim for reevaluation is elected and received by the claimant in accordance with M21-1, Part XII, Subpart i, 3.A.2.c. Note: The PACT ACT DIC Reevaluation and PACT special issues must not be applied to the same EP simultaneously. |
| Pension & Fiduciary Service Review | PFSR | Use for special routing of pension and survivor claims requiring P&F review. This special issue should only be applied by designated pension management center (PMC) personnel. |
| PFAS | PFAS | Apply to any contentions where the Veteran states that the condition was incurred or aggravated as a result of exposure to per and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). |
| Phone Development Unit | PDU | |
| POI Automation | POIAUTO | Apply for special routing of claim to Pension Optimization Initiative (POI) automation engine as directed by VACO. |
| POI Offramp | POIOFF | Apply for special routing of claim offramped from POI automation engine as directed by VACO. |
| POI RFD Offramp | POIRFDOFF | Apply for special routing of claim offramped in the ready for decision (RFD) life cycle from POI automation engine as directed by VACO. |
| Potential Improper Debt | PID | Automatically affixed on batch established claims to resolve potential improper debts generated without notification to the Veteran. Note: Claims processors should follow OFO guidance and apply the special issue on any subsequently established claims to resolve the associated debt. |
| Potential Under/Overpayment | PUO | Use when information is received that suggests a potential under/overpayment may exist to allow for monitoring of timeliness in completing action on potential under/overpayments. Reference: For more information, see M21-1, Part VI, Subpart i, 2.B. |
| POW | POW | Use for each claimed disability attributed to Veteran's experience as an FPOW. |
| Primary Intertwined | PI | |
| PTSD - Combat | PTSD/1 | Use for SC claims of PTSD resulting from combat experience, or when the nature of the stressor is not expressly stated but the Veteran is in receipt of a requisite combat decoration, and entitlement has not been previously established. Reference: For more information, see M21-1, Part VIII, Subpart iv, 1.A.3.j. |
| PTSD - Non-Combat | PTSD/2 | Use for claims of PTSD resulting from a non-combat stressor (other than personal trauma or MST) when entitlement has not been previously established. |
| PTSD - Personal Trauma | PTSD/3 | Use for claims of PTSD resulting from a non-sexual personal trauma and entitlement has not been previously established. Reference: For more information, see M21-1, Part VIII, Subpart iv, 1.B.1.c. |
| Radiation | RDN | Use for all SC claims for disabilities resulting from exposure to radiation not previously granted. |
| Radiation Radiogenic Disability Confirmed | RRDC | Apply for special routing of a claim for SC based on radiation exposure that contains the existence of a radiogenic disease as described in M21-1, Part VIII, Subpart iii, 4.A.2.a. and M21-1, Part VIII, Subpart iii, 4.B.2.b. |
| Rapid Ready for Decision | RRD | Apply to contentions deemed automation eligible. Note: Claims processor should never remove this special issue. |
| Rating Decision Review - Level 1 | RDR1 | Apply for special routing of a draft rating decision to a second signer, and remove when the rating decision is finalized or routed to a third signer. |
| Rating Decision Review - Level 2 | RDR2 | Apply for special routing of a draft rating decision to a third signer, and remove when the rating decision is finalized. |
| RBPS Re-Run Inventory | RRRI | Special issue will be affixed by automation to assist in ensuring claims remain in 499 allowing RBPS to reprocesses the claim without the claim being assigned to the field. RBPS process will remove the special issue if the claim is off-ramped allowing the claim to then distribute to the field. Current anticipated use will be for claims previously off-ramped from RBPS due to Veteran not being service connected at 30% or more and a rating decision has now been completed assigning a service connected combined 30% or greater evaluation. |
| Ready for Exam | RFE | |
| Records Research Request | RRR | Apply for special routing to a RO Research Coordinator (RORC) when a specialized RORC review is needed, and remove after the RORC completes the review and either submits a research request or verifies the claimed exposure or stressor. |
| RO Special Issue 1 | ROSI1 | For use in tracking special claim or contention types as directed by VACO. |
| RO Special Issue 2 | ROSI2 | For use in tracking special claim or contention types as directed by VACO. |
| RO Special Issue 3 | ROSPISTHR | For use in tracking special claim or contention types as directed by VACO. |
| RO Special Issue 4 | ROSPISFOR | For use in tracking special claim or contention types as directed by VACO. |
| RO Special Issue 5 | RSI5 | For use in tracking special claim or contention types as directed by VACO. |
| RO Special Issue 6 | RSI6 | For use in tracking special claim or contention types as directed by VACO. |
| RO Special Issue 7 | RSI7 | For use in tracking special claim or contention types as directed by VACO. |
| RO Special Issue 8 | RSI8 | For use in tracking special claim or contention types as directed by VACO. |
| RO Special Issue 9 | RSI9 | For use in tracking special claim or contention types as directed by VACO. |
| RVSR Examination | REN | Apply for special routing when a claim requires a complex examination that must be prepared by an RVSR, and remove when the RVSR action is completed. |
| Same Station Review | SSR | |
| Sarcoidosis | SARCO | Use for sarcoidosis claims when entitlement has not been previously established. |
| SHAD | SHAD | Use for SC claims involving disease or injury as a result of participation in the Shipboard Hazards and Defense (SHAD) Project when entitlement has not been previously established. |
| Simultaneous Award Adjustment Not Permitted | SAANP | Apply for special routing of a claim that does not permit multiple award adjustments to be processed simultaneously as described in M21-1, Part VI, Subpart iii, 2.A.2.b. |
| Special 12-Mile Review | SMR | Apply for special routing to the Records Research Team (RRT) for additional research when the centralized processing team is unable to place a Veteran in the eligible offshore waters or other qualifying location. |
| Specialized Records Request | SPECRECRQST | Apply for special routing to a military records specialist (MRS) when a specialized MRS request is needed, and remove when the request has been submitted. |
| Stage 1 Development | S1D | For use in tracking special claim or contention types as directed by VACO. |
| Stage 2 Development | S2D | For use in tracking special claim or contention types as directed by VACO. |
| Stage 3 Development | S3D | For use in tracking special claim or contention types as directed by VACO. |
| Supervised Direct Payment Competency Review | SDPCR | |
| TBI Pilot SD | TPS | |
| TBI Pilot Waco | TPW | |
| Temp 100 Convalescence | TMC | Apply for special routing for the Temp 100 Pilot at the St. Paul RO. |
| Temp 100 Hospitalization | T1H | Apply for special routing for the Temp 100 Pilot at the St. Paul RO. |
| Tobacco | TOB | |
| Tort Claim | TC | Applied by the Office of General Counsel (OGC) for special routing to the appropriate Regional Office of Jurisdiction (ROJ). |
| Transfer from Intake Site | TIS | Apply to the first contention listed under EP 689 to enable special routing of an IDES claim to the Disability Rating Activity Site (DRAS). Reference: For more information on Military Service Coordinator (MSC) responsibilities handling IDES exam reports, see M21-1, Part X, Subpart i, 6.F.3. |
| Traumatic Brain Injury | TBI | For use in identification and routing of TBI claims. |
| Upfront Verification | UV | Use for pension claims when upfront verification of income has been conducted using Federal Tax Information (FTI) provided by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Social Security Administration (SSA). Reference: For more information, see M21-1, Part XIV, Chapter 4, Section A.1.d. |
| VACO OIG/GAO Review 1 | VOGR1 | For use in tracking special claim types as directed by VACO. |
| VACO OIG/GAO Review 2 | VOGR2 | For use in tracking special claim types as directed by VACO. |
| VACO OIG/GAO Review 3 | VOGR3 | For use in tracking special claim types as directed by VACO. |
| VACO OIG/GAO Review 4 | VOGR4 | For use in tracking special claim types as directed by VACO. |
| VACO OIG/GAO Review 5 | VOGR5 | For use in tracking special claim types as directed by VACO. |
| VACO OIG/GAO Review 6 | VOGR6 | For use in tracking special claim types as directed by VACO. |
| VACO OIG/GAO Review 7 | VOGR7 | For use in tracking special claim types as directed by VACO. |
| VACO OIG/GAO Review 8 | VOGR8 | For use in tracking special claim types as directed by VACO. |
| VACO OIG/GAO Review 9 | VOGR9 | For use in tracking special claim types as directed by VACO. |
| VACO OIG/GAO Review 10 | VOGR10 | For use in tracking special claim types as directed by VACO. |
| VACO OIG/GAO Review 11 | VOGR11 | For use in tracking special claim types as directed by VACO. |
| VACO OIG/GAO Review 12 | VOGR12 | For use in tracking special claim types as directed by VACO. |
| VACO OIG/GAO Review 13 | VOGR13 | For use in tracking special claim types as directed by VACO. |
| VACO OIG/GAO Review 14 | VOGR14 | For use in tracking special claim types as directed by VACO. |
| VACO OIG/GAO Review 15 | VOGR15 | For use in tracking special claim types as directed by VACO. |
| VACO OIG/GAO Review 16 | VOGR16 | For use in tracking special claim types as directed by VACO. |
| VACO OIG/GAO Review 17 | VOGR17 | For use in tracking special claim types as directed by VACO. |
| VACO OIG/GAO Review 18 | VOGR18 | For use in tracking special claim types as directed by VACO. |
| VACO OIG/GAO Review 19 | VOGR19 | For use in tracking special claim types as directed by VACO |
| VACO OIG/GAO Review 20 | VOGR20 | For use in tracking special claim types as directed by VACO. |
| VACO OIG/GAO Review 21 | VOGR21 | For use in tracking special claim types as directed by VACO. |
| VACO OIG/GAO Review 22 | VOGR22 | For use in tracking special claim types as directed by VACO. |
| VACO OIG/GAO Review 23 | VOGR23 | For use in tracking special claim types as directed by VACO. |
| VACO OIG/GAO Review 24 | VOGR24 | For use in tracking special claim types as directed by VACO. |
| VACO OIG/GAO Review 25 | VOGR25 | For use in tracking special claim types as directed by VACO. |
| VACO Special Issue 1 | COSI1 | For use in tracking special claim or contention types as directed by VACO. |
| VACO Special Issue 2 | COSI2 | For use in tracking special claim or contention types as directed by VACO. |
| VACO Special Issue 3 | VACSPISTHR | For use in tracking special claim or contention types as directed by VACO. |
| VACO Special Issue 4 | VACSPISFOR | For use in tracking special claim or contention types as directed by VACO. |
| VACO Special Issue 5 | VACSPIS5 | For use in tracking special claim or contention types as directed by VACO. |
| VACO Special Issue 6 | VACSPIS6 | For use in tracking special claim or contention types as directed by VACO. |
| VACO Special Issue 7 | VACSPIS7 | For use in tracking special claim or contention types as directed by VACO. |
| VACO Special Issue 8 | VACSPIS8 | For use in tracking special claim or contention types as directed by VACO. |
| VACO Special Issue 9 | VACSPIS9 | For use in tracking special claim or contention types as directed by VACO. |
| VACOLS Opt-in | VACOLS Optin | |
| Vendor Excluded | VEND | |
| Vendor Exclusion - No Diagnosis | VEXCLNODIAG | |
| VONAPP Direct Connect | VDC | Automatically affixed to the first contention when a claim is submitted through the Veterans Online Application (VONAPP) Direct Connect (VDC). Reference: For more information, see M21-1, Part II, Subpart iii, 4.A.1.c. |
E.2.c. Index of Historical Special Issues
Use the table below to reference historical special issues, and the date that use was discontinued.
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| Special Issue Name | Code | Discontinued Date | Description |
| 2009 Agent Orange Presumptive | AOPR2009 | 11/14/2018 | |
| 30-Day Claim | 3DC | 12/12/2014 | |
| 4142 Pilot | 4142P | 11/14/2018 | |
| 5103 Waiver Review | 5103WR | 11/14/2018 | |
| Ace Direct Referral | ADR | 11/14/2018 | |
| Administrative Pension (Age 65) with 60% SMP | AGE6560HB | 11/21/2017 | |
| Agent Orange | AO | 06/09/2010 | |
| Attorney Fee Payable | AFP | 11/02/2022 | |
| Attorney No Fee Payable | ANFP | 11/02/2022 | |
| AutoEstablish | AE1 | 12/15/2024 | |
| BDD | BDD | 12/12/2014 | |
| Burn Pit Exposure | BPE | 04/14/2023 | Previously used for all claimed disabilities due to burn pit exposure not previously granted. |
| Centralized Mail | CM | 12/12/2014 | |
| Claim filed within 1 year of RAD | CLMFONYRAD | 11/14/2018 | |
| Claim Pending Over 1 Year | CPOY | 11/14/2018 | |
| Compensation Service Review | CSR | 01/25/2018 | Previously applied for special routing for claims requiring Compensation Service review, and removed once the review was completed. |
| Compensation Service Review - AO Outside RVN & Ship | CSRAORS | 07/10/2020 | Previously applied when sending a referral to Compensation Service to verify herbicide exposure in other locations or for administrative review of offshore waters. |
| Compensation Service Review - COD | CSRCOD | 10/20/2022 | |
| Compensation Service Review - Enviro Hazard Verification | CSREHV | 12/20/2025 | |
| Compensation Service Review - MG/CBRNE/Shad | CSRMCS | 03/08/2025 | Previously applied when requesting verification from Compensation Service for SHAD and/or Chem Bio participants. |
| Compensation Service Review - Mustard Gas | CSRMG | 04/19/2026 | Previously applied when sending a referral to Compensation Service to verify mustard gas exposure. |
| Compensation Service Review - Over $25K | CSRO25 | 08/09/2025 | Previously applied when requesting Compensation Service approval of administrative decisions involving erroneous payments of $25,000 or greater due to administrative error. |
| Concerns Associated with Pandemic | CAP | 12/15/2024 | |
| Core Claim | CC | 11/14/2018 | Previously applied to a single contention for any claim that met the criteria for the Core Lane. |
| COVID Exam Cancellation Review | CECR | 07/24/2023 | |
| Decision Ready Claim | DRCI | 11/30/2020 | Previously applied to a single contention for any claim that met the criteria for a Decision Ready Claim (DRC). |
| Decision Ready Claim - Deferred | DRCD | 11/30/2020 | Previously applied to a single contention when a DRC claim did not contain sufficient evidence to render decision(s) on any of the contended issue(s). |
| Decision Ready Claim - Partial Deferred | DRCPD | 11/30/2020 | Previously applied to all contentions subject to deferral if a partial rating decision was completed for a DRC that contained sufficient evidence to render decisions on some, but not all contended issues. |
| Development Resource Center Case | DRCC | 11/16/2012 | |
| Disability Benefits Questionnaire | DBBENQNRE | 10/06/2011 | |
| Disability Evaluation System (DES) | DES | 04/21/2015 | |
| DRC – Exam Review Complete Approved | DRCEXRCA | 11/30/2020 | Previously used by the Baltimore RO DRC Exam Review Hub when notifying the Decision Ready Claim (DRC) exam request vendor that the recommended exam request had been approved. |
| DRC – Exam Review Complete Disapproved | DRCEXRCD | 11/30/2020 | Previously used by the Baltimore RO DRC Exam Review Hub when notifying the DRC Exam Request Vendor that the recommended exam request had been disapproved and needed correction. |
| DRC – Pending File Scan | DPFS | 11/30/2020 | DRC Vendor applied when a DRC exam request was received and the paper folder had not been scanned into VBMS. |
| DRC – Vendor Exam Recommendation | DRCVENEXRCMD | 11/30/2020 | Applied when the DRC exam request vendor completed a DRC exam recommendation and wanted to route the case to the Baltimore RO DRC Exam Review Hub to validate. |
| DRC Exam Input - Pending Results | DEIPR | 11/30/2020 | |
| EDU Claim RPO - Buffalo RO | ECRBR | 07/13/2022 | |
| EDU Claim RPO - Muskogee RO | ECRMR | 07/13/2022 | |
| EHRM Pilot | EP | 05/29/2020 | |
| Embassy Referred Exams | ERE | 12/15/2024 | |
| Exam Request Correction | ERC | 12/15/2024 | |
| Expedited Claims Adjudication (ECA) | ECA | 12/12/2014 | |
| Express Claim | EXPCLM | 11/14/2018 | Previously applied to a single contention for any claim that met the criteria for the Express Lane. |
| Express Claim Excluded - Additional Issues | ECEAI | 11/14/2018 | Previously applied to a single contention for claims excluded from the Express Lane. |
| Express Claim Excluded - Misidentified | ECEM | 11/14/2018 | Previously applied to a single contention for claims excluded from the Express Lane. |
| Express Claim Excluded-Additional Evidence | EXPCLMXADE | 05/17/2011 | Previously applied to a single contention for claims excluded from the Express Lane. |
| Express Claim Excluded-Failed to Report for Exam | EXPCLMXFRE | 05/17/2011 | Previously applied to a single contention for claims excluded from the Express Lane. |
| Express Claim Excluded-VBA Administrative Reason | EXPCLMXVBAAR | 11/14/2018 | Previously applied to a single contention for claims excluded from the Express Lane. |
| FDC Excluded - Additional Evidence | FDCEXAE | 10/06/2011 | |
| FDC Excluded - Failed to Report for Exam | FDCEXFRE | 10/06/2011 | |
| FDC Excluded - VBA Administrative Reason | FDCEXVBAAR | 05/06/2014 | |
| Former ECA - Disqualifying hearing request | FECADHR | 12/12/2014 | |
| Former ECA - Form 9 not timely | FECAFNNT | 12/12/2014 | |
| Former ECA - No response to VCAA | FECANR | 12/12/2014 | |
| Former ECA - No waiver of SSOC | FECANWSSOC | 12/12/2014 | |
| Former ECA - NOD not timely | FECANODNT | 12/12/2014 | |
| Former ECA - Other | FECAOTH | 12/12/2014 | |
| Former ECA - Response to VCAA not timely | FECARNT | 12/12/2014 | |
| Former ECA - Veteran withdrawn | FECAVW | 12/12/2014 | |
| Gulf War Presumptive | GWP | 06/27/2025 | Previously applied for claimed presumptive infectious diseases recognized under 38 CFR 3.317(c). |
| Gulf War Presumptive 3.320 | GWP3.320 | 08/09/2025 | |
| Gulf War Presumptive - Airborne Hazards | GWPAH | 12/20/2025 | Previously applied for claimed disabilities or a symptom related to a disability recognized under 38 U.S.C. 1120 resulting from exposure to fine particulate matter not previously granted. |
| Gulf War Presumptive - Rare Cancers | GWPRC | 03/08/2025 | Previously applied for claimed presumptive cancers recognized under 38 CFR 3.320. |
| Hardship | HARD | 12/12/2013 | |
| Hardship-Financial | HARDF | 12/12/2013 | |
| Hardship-IRH | HARDI | 12/12/2013 | |
| Homeless | HOME | 12/12/2013 | |
| Homeless Veteran | HOMEV | 12/12/2013 | |
| Hospital Adjustment Action Plan FY 18/19 | HA | 04/02/2021 | |
| IDES Transfer to DRAS | IDESTRNDRAS | 11/14/2018 | |
| Indy - Appeals Team | IAT | 11/16/2011 | |
| Indy - Core Team | ICT | 11/16/2011 | |
| Indy - Express Team | IET | 11/16/2011 | |
| Indy - Non-Rating Team | INRT | 11/16/2011 | |
| Indy - Select Team | IST | 11/16/2011 | |
| Indy - Special Ops Team | ISOT | 11/16/2011 | |
| Integrated Disability Evaluation System (IDES) | IDES | 11/14/2018 | |
| JSRRC Request | JSSRCRQST | 12/28/2020 | Previously applied for special routing when a Joint Services Records Research Center (JSRRC) request is needed, and remove when the request has been submitted to JSRRC. |
| Jurisdiction Change | JC | 11/16/2012 | |
| Medical Questionnaire | MEDQNRE | 12/12/2014 | |
| MRRC Request | MRRC | 06/14/2025 | Previously applied for special routing to a RO Research Coordinator when a specialized RO Research Coordinator request is needed, and removed when the request has been submitted. |
| Nehmer Phase II | NP | 12/15/2024 | |
| NLA Pilot | NLAP | 02/25/2014 | |
| OAR Review - COD | ORC | 10/20/2022 | |
| OCR - Old Claim Review | OCR | 07/23/2013 | |
| OCR - Provisional | OCRP | 11/14/2018 | |
| OCR - Second Review | OSR | 11/14/2018 | |
| PACT Exam Exclusion - Sec. 1168 | PEES1 | 08/09/2025 | Previously used on relevant contention on the EP, when an examination exclusion applies in accordance with the current PACT Act Implementation SOP. |
| PACT SC Death | PSCD | 06/08/2024 | |
| P&F Service Review - COD | PSRC | 10/20/2022 | |
| Personal Trauma PTSD | TRM | 09/02/2010 | |
| Pilot Prog Checklist | PPCK | 12/12/2014 | |
| Pilot Prog Not Fully Dev Claim-Addl dev after init | PPNFDADAPI | 05/04/2010 | |
| Pilot Prog Not Fully Dev Claim-Not rcvd full dev | PPNFDNRFD | 05/04/2010 | |
| Pilot Prog Not Fully Dev Claim-Other delay | PPNFDOD | 05/04/2010 | |
| Pilot Prog Not Fully Dev Claim-Resched VAE | PPNFDRVAE | 05/04/2010 | |
| Pilot Program Fully Dev Claim | PPFDC | 05/04/2010 | |
| PMC VSR Single Signature | PMCVSRSNGSIG | 11/21/2017 | |
| Potential Attorney Fee Payble | PAFP | 11/02/2022 | |
| Pre-Discharge Consolidated Action | PDCA | 11/14/2018 | |
| Predischarge Exam | PDE | 12/12/2014 | |
| Priority Processing GWOT | PGWOT | 11/14/2018 | |
| Procopio | P | 09/09/2019 | |
| PTSD | PTSD | 09/02/2010 | |
| Quick Pay | QKPY | ||
| Quick Start | QS | 12/12/2014 | |
| Radiation Excluded | RDNEXCL | 07/06/2015 | |
| Rapid Eval | RPDEVL | 05/19/2011 | |
| Ready for Automation | RFA | 03/24/2020 | |
| SNL-Free Text | SNLFT | 12/12/2014 | |
| SNL-No Free Text | SNFT | 12/12/2014 | |
| Special Ops Claim | SOC | 11/14/2018 | Previously applied to a single contention for any claim that met the criteria for the Special Operations Lane. |
| TBI Exam Review | TER | 12/14/2024 | Previously applied in the re-evaluation of TBI claims that were adjudicated based on an initial TBI examination not completed by a required specialist. |
| Temp 100 Mental Health | TMH | 04/26/2018 | Previously applied for special routing for the Temp 100 Pilot at the St. Paul RO. |
| Terminally Ill | TI | 12/12/2014 | |
| Tiger Team | TT | 12/12/2014 | |
| Toxic Exposure Risk Exposure | TERA | 08/09/2025 | |
| Traditional Rating | TR | 12/12/2014 | |
| Unadjudicated Claim Discovered | UCD | 08/21/2014 | |
| VASRD-Cardiovascular | VC | 04/02/2021 | |
| VASRD-Dental | VD | 04/02/2021 | |
| VASRD-Digestive | VRD | 04/02/2021 | |
| VASRD-Endocrine | VEN | 04/02/2021 | |
| VASRD-Eye | VE | 04/02/2021 | |
| VASRD-GU | VG | 04/02/2021 | |
| VASRD-GYN | VDG | 04/02/2021 | |
| VASRD-Hemic | VH | 04/02/2021 | |
| VASRD-Infectious | VI | 04/02/2021 | |
| VASRD-Mental | VML | 04/02/2021 | |
| VASRD-Musculoskeletal | VM | 04/02/2021 | |
| VASRD-Neurological | VN | 04/02/2021 | |
| VASRD-Respiratory/Auditory | VRA | 04/02/2021 | |
| VASRD-Skin | VS | 04/02/2021 | |
| VBMAP | VBM | 12/12/2014 | |
| VBMAP RO | VBMRO | 12/12/2014 | |
| VBMS-R Claim | VRC | 12/12/2014 | |
| VSR Single Signature | VSRSINGSIG | 03/11/2016 | |
| Walk in Pilot - Dev Required | WLKIPDR | 05/19/2011 | |
| Walk in Pilot - Immediate Decision | WLKIPIMMD | 05/19/2011 | |
| Walk in Pilot - Interim Decision | WLKIPINTD | 05/19/2011 | |
| Walk in Pilot Term - Other Rsn | WLKIPTOR | 05/19/2011 | |
| Walk in Pilot Term - Seq Claim | WLKIPTSQC | 05/19/2011 | |
| Walk in Pilot Term - Time Limit Expired | WLKIPTTLE | 05/19/2011 | |
| WARTAC | WARTAC | 12/15/2024 | Previously used for claims processed by trainees in the Warrior Training Advancement Course (WARTAC). |
| WARTAC Trainee | WT | 12/15/2024 | Previously used for IDES claims where the claimant is a WARTAC trainee. |
| Washington RO Burial Processing | WROBP | 05/19/2011 |