About This Report |
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Summary |
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Acknowledgments |
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Abbreviations |
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1 | (8) |
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Streamlining the Current System |
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3 | (3) |
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Study Objective and Research Approach |
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6 | (1) |
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7 | (2) |
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Chapter Two Overview of the Current Department of Defense Disability Compensation System |
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9 | (14) |
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Department of Defense Disability Severance and Disability Retirement |
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9 | (11) |
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20 | (3) |
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Chapter Three Alternative Department of Defense Disability Compensation Systems |
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23 | (8) |
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What Is the Compensation Objective? |
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23 | (2) |
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Alternative Department of Defense Disability Compensation Systems |
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25 | (5) |
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30 | (1) |
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Chapter Four Changes in Department of Defense Disability Compensation Under Alternatives |
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31 | (32) |
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Approach for Estimating the Change in the Net Department of Defense Disability Benefit Under Alternatives |
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31 | (6) |
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37 | (1) |
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Results: Estimating the Change in the Net Department of Defense Disability Benefit Under Alternatives |
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38 | (23) |
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61 | (2) |
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Chapter Five Implications of a Fitness-for-Duty Evaluation System on Processing Time, End Strength, and Human Capital Loss |
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63 | (12) |
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Processing Times and End Strength |
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64 | (3) |
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67 | (5) |
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Alternative Policies to Restore End Strength and Their Cost |
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72 | (2) |
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74 | (1) |
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Chapter Six Policy and Legislative Considerations |
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75 | (8) |
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75 | (2) |
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77 | (2) |
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Legislative, Regulatory, and Policy Implications of the Four Alternatives |
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79 | (1) |
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Other Legal, Regulatory, and Policy Regimes |
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80 | (3) |
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Chapter Seven Additional Design Considerations |
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83 | (10) |
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Lump-Sum Versus Annuity Payments |
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83 | (3) |
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86 | (4) |
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90 | (3) |
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93 | (4) |
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A Prior Reform Proposals and Other Disability Compensation Systems |
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97 | (8) |
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B Analysis File Development on Medical Discharges |
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105 | (2) |
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C File Development for Analysis of Alternative 3 |
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107 | (8) |
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D Policy and Legal Requirements |
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115 | (12) |
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E Additional Results for Alternative 1b, With and Without Combat-Related Special Compensation |
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127 | (2) |
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F Additional Results for Alternative 1 and 2, With and Without Combat-Related Special Compensation |
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129 | (10) |
Bibliography |
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