VA employees access VTA through the Veterans Information Portal (VIP). They must have access to VIP before they can request access to VTA. Requests for access to VTA must go through an employee’s supervisor and/or Information Security Officer (ISO) for approval. Individual for MSCs, DRASs, PEBLOs, and PEBs in VTA contain a “tabs” field where users may leave notes for a variety of reasons. (There is also a field on the PEBLO tab where staff from the Office of Warrior Care Policy (WCP) may leave comments.) In certain situations that are described in this section, users are to leave a note in VTA. required Example: An MSC enters into VTA the dates for specific actions he/she took Scenario: while processing an IDES case. The dates appear to be out of sequence but are, in fact, correct. To avoid confusion, the MSC should add a note in VTA that explains Result: why the dates are out of sequence. For more information VTA, see the . (Registration is Reference: required.) 2. Department of Defense (DoD) Process for Referring Individuals Into the IDES Introduction This contains information about referring individuals into IDES, including DoD process for referring individuals into the IDES, and Service Department Memorandum of Complete and Current STRs. July 31, 2015 Change Date a. DoD Process The table below describes DoD’s process for referring individuals into the for Referring IDES. Individuals Into the IDES Step Action 1 A physician at a military treatment facility (MTF) refers an ill or injured individual to an MEB by
VA employees access VTA through the Veterans Information Portal (VIP). They must have access to VIP before they can request access to VTA. Requests for access to VTA must go through an employee’s supervisor and/or Information Security Officer (ISO) for approval. Individual “tabs” for MSCs, DRASs, PEBLOs, and PEBs in VTA contain a field where users may leave notes for a variety of reasons. (There is also a field on the PEBLO tab where staff from the Office of Warrior Care Policy (WCP) may leave comments.) In certain situations that are described in this section, users are required to leave a note in VTA. Example: Scenario: An MSC enters into VTA the dates for specific actions he/she took while processing an IDES case. The dates appear to be out of sequence but are, in fact, correct. Result: To avoid confusion, the MSC should add a note in VTA that explains why the dates are out of sequence. Reference: For more information VTA, see the . (Registration is required.) 2. Department of Defense (DoD) Process for Referring Individuals Into the IDES Introduction This contains information about referring individuals into IDES, including DoD process for referring individuals into the IDES, and Service Department Memorandum of Complete and Current STRs. Change Date July 31, 2015 a. DoD Process for Referring Individuals Into the IDES The table below describes DoD’s process for referring individuals into the IDES. Step Action 1 A physician at a military treatment facility (MTF) refers an ill or injured individual to an MEB by
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