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COMBAT VETERAN STATUS ICR (4156)

COMBAT VETERAN STATUS    ICR (4156)

Name Value
NUMBER 4156
IA # 4156
DATE CREATED 2003/07/21
CUSTODIAL PACKAGE REGISTRATION
USAGE Supported
TYPE Routine
DBIC APPROVAL STATUS APPROVED
ROUTINE DGCV
NAME COMBAT VETERAN STATUS
GENERAL DESCRIPTION 
As per directive 2002-049 patients who qualify as
Combat Veterans will be treated for two years after separation even in the
absence of supporting evidence that their condiditons are combat related.
This supported DBIA covers an API that will be used during patient lookups,
Registration, Billing, Outpatient Pharmacy and treatment checkout that will
provide whether or not the veteran being processed has been assigned combat
status and whether that combat status is still in effect.
STATUS Active
DURATION Till Otherwise Agreed
ID DGCV
COMPONENT/ENTRY POINT
COMPONENT/ENTRY POINT COMPONENT DESCRIPTION VARIABLES
$$CVEDT(DFN,DGDT) 
This API will take the DFN as an input parameter.  If
eligibility is to be determined for a date other than the current date it may
be entered as an optional input parameter.  Output is whether or not the
veteran has CV status and if so, the end date of the eligibility.
VARIABLES TYPE VARIABLES DESCRIPTION
DFN Input 
Patient file IEN
DGDT Input 
(optional)  The date for which eligiblity is to be
determined.
$$CVEDT Output 
This variable is a "^" delimited.

The first piece is -1/0/1
-1 if the determination cannot be made due to a non-valid DFN
0 if never given combat veteran eligibility.
1 if the veteran was ever given combat veteran eligibility.

The second piece is the Combat Vet End Date (if ever given eligibility).

The third piece is 1/0
1 if still eligible on the specified date (either passed in to the
API or TODAY by default), 0 if not.  This piece will be populated only if the
1st piece is equal to 1.