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Appendix A - Acronyms

Appendix A - Acronyms
  • ACVA – House of Commons Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs
  • AED – Audit and Evaluation Division
  • AIV – Annual Income Verification
  • AO – Area Office
  • CAF – Canadian Armed Forces
  • CFIS – Canadian Forces Income Support
  • CPC – Centralized Processing Centre
  • EEL – Extended Earnings Loss
  • ELB – Earnings Loss Benefit
  • FB – Financial Benefits
  • FTE – Full Time Equivalent
  • IPSC – Integrated Personnel Support Centre
  • LASS – Life After Service Studies
  • LICO – Low Income Cut-off
  • LIM – Low Income Measure
  • MBM – Market Basket Measure
  • NCCN – National Client Centre Network
  • NVC – New Veterans Charter
  • PIA – Permanent Impairment Allowance
  • PIAS – Permanent Impairment Allowance Supplement
  • PMS – Performance Measurement Strategy
  • RISB – Retirement Income Security Benefit
  • SRB – Supplementary Retirement Benefit
  • TBS – Treasury Board Secretariat
  • TEL – Temporary Earnings Loss
  • TPI – Totally and Permanently Incapacitated
  • UK – United Kingdom
  • VAC – Veterans Affairs Canada