STANDARD DATA DICTIONARY #25 -- TYPE OF DISCHARGE FILE                                                            3/24/25    PAGE 1
STORED IN ^DIC(25,  (9 ENTRIES)   SITE: WWW.BMIRWIN.COM   UCI: VISTA,VISTA                                         (VERSION 5.3)   

DATA          NAME                  GLOBAL        DATA
ELEMENT       TITLE                 LOCATION      TYPE
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This file contains the various types of discharge a person who served in military service may have been given from that military
service.  This file is maintained by the MAS software package as directed by MAS VACO.  This file should not be altered in any way.  


              DD ACCESS: @
              RD ACCESS: d
              WR ACCESS: @
             DEL ACCESS: @
           LAYGO ACCESS: @

POINTED TO BY: SERVICE DISCHARGE TYPE [LAST] field (#.324) of the PATIENT File (#2) 
               SERVICE DISCHARGE TYPE [NTL] field (#.329) of the PATIENT File (#2) 
               SERVICE DISCHARGE TYPE [NNTL] field (#.3295) of the PATIENT File (#2) 
               SERVICE DISCHARGE TYPE field (#.06) of the MILITARY SERVICE EPISODE sub-field (#2.3216) of the PATIENT File (#2) 
               

CROSS
REFERENCED BY: NAME(B)



25,.001       NUMBER                     NUMBER

              INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:+X'=X!(X>10)!(X<1)!(X?.E1"."1N.N) X
              LAST EDITED:      FEB 28, 1984 
              HELP-PROMPT:      TYPE A WHOLE NUMBER BETWEEN 1 AND 10 
              DESCRIPTION:      This field contains the internal entry number of this type of discharge as determined by VA FileMan
                                and the MAS software package.  This number may be used by various software modules throughout DHCP. 
                                It must not be altered nor should entries be added or removed from this file.  


25,.01        NAME                   0;1 FREE TEXT (Required)

              INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>20!($L(X)<1)!'(X'?1P.E)!(X'?.ANP) X
              LAST EDITED:      MAR 20, 1984 
              HELP-PROMPT:      ANSWER MUST BE 1-20 CHARACTERS IN LENGTH 
              DESCRIPTION:      This field contains the name of all allowable military discharge types as determined by VACO.  This
                                information is maintained by the MAS software package through frequent releases and should not be
                                edited at the site level.  

              CROSS-REFERENCE:  25^B 
                                1)= S ^DIC(25,"B",$E(X,1,30),DA)=""
                                2)= K ^DIC(25,"B",$E(X,1,30),DA)


25,1          ABBREVIATION           0;2 FREE TEXT

              INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>12!($L(X)<1) X
              HELP-PROMPT:      ANSWER MUST BE 1-12 CHARACTERS IN LENGTH 
              DESCRIPTION:      This field contains an abbreviate for this military discharge type.  On outputs or displays where
                                the full name of the discharge may not fit, this abbreviation will be displayed instead.  



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