Disability Evaluation Systems Analysis and Research: Annual Report 2018
Abstract
The Accession Medical Standards Analysis and Research Activity (AMSARA) has provided the Department of Defense (DoD) with evidence-based evaluations of accession medical standards since 1996. In fiscal year (FY) 2009, AMSARA's mission was expanded to include audits and studies of the Disability Evaluation System (DES) per the request of the Office of Assistant Secretary of Defense, Health Affairs, and the Disability Evaluation System Research and Analysis (DESAR) team was established. As part of this ongoing research activity, data are collected from each service's DES. Disability evaluation is administered at the service level with each branch of service responsible for the evaluation of disability in its members. Variability exists in the type of disability data available among AMSARA/DESAR databases for each service as a result of service level data collection on disability evaluations. This report describes analyses conducted in FY 2018 of existing DES data collected for accessions and disability research from FY 2012 through the end of FY 2017. Although all Armed Services are included in this report, FY 2017 DES data for the Army were not reported in time to meet the publication deadline for this annual report.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 2021
- Accession Number
- AD1129340
Entities
People
- Amanda L. Kelley
- Caitlin Rushin
- Daniel Gedeon
- David N. Cowan
- Jan I. Maby
- Jessica Murray
- Natalya Weber
- Rhonda R. Jackson
- William Washington
Organizations
- Walter Reed Army Institute of Research