So what is DD Form 2834? The short answer: a Defense Department document, officially DD Form 2834, Veterinary Consultation Request, September 2002., used to Veterinary Consultation Request. Anything else you need follows from that.
Is there a version specific to your service? No. A DD number is issued at Department level, which is the whole point of the prefix — every military department and defense agency works from one identical document. Looking for a branch variant wastes time you do not have.
Who is behind it? not stated maintains the form, and not stated is the publication that requires it. Those two names answer most questions about why you are being asked to submit anything at all.
How current is this? Edition not stated, publisher status not stated. That is the version described throughout this page.
What the form asks for
- 1. Press space bar to mark X if tissue in doctor's office (AFIP use only)
- 2. Owner's last name.
- 3. Animal name and/or tattoo number.
- 4. Previous AFIP case number on animal, if applicable.
- 5. Common name (dog, bird, rat, etc.).
- 6. Date of birth. Last three digits of year, three letter month, three digit day, no dividers.
- 7. Age.
- 8. Sex.
- 9. Neutered? X first box if yes, second box if no.
- 10. Breed/type/strain (Beagle, Canary, etc.).
- 11. Genus and species (scientific name).
- 12. Materials forwarded (x or complete as applicable). Mark X if clinical information (required).
- Mark X if surgical pathology report (required).
- Mark X if autopsy report (required).
- Mark X if photos, clinical/gross.
- Mark X if X-rays.
- Enter quantity of slides (required).
- Enter quantity of blocks.
- Mark X if wet tissue.
- Mark X if other.
- Specify other materials forwarded.
- 13. Contributor's case identification. a. Surgical pathology accession number(s).
- 13.b. Autopsy/necropsy accession number.
- c. Euthanized? X first box if yes, second box if no.
Download the form
Which files are here? These: PDF. How much work is involved? 2 pages, about 37 entry fields.
Is there a charge? No — free, all formats. Where should you open the file? In a full pdf application on your own machine. Browser-embedded viewers handle field properties unpredictably.
Where do you start? At the top. Identification first, the substance of the entry second, certification last. Why that order? Because fields lower on the page often depend on data you established in the header, and filling out of sequence produces contradictions.
What is the first thing to check? The edition date on the face of the form. Does it read not stated? If not, the copy is superseded, and a superseded DD form is a real problem: Department-level revisions replace the blank for every service at once, so an old file on a shared drive is stale everywhere, not just in your office.
Is the form its own instruction manual? Partly. The rest sits in not stated, which is also the authority where the two texts conflict.
Who receives it? The office not stated designates, subject to whatever local instruction your organization adds. What do you keep? A copy, made before the form leaves your hands.
Do you need to know which branch issued a related form? No. DD numbering is Department-wide and unified, which means the number on its own is a complete address for the document.
Why do some instructions cite both a DA and a DD form? Because the procedure touches both systems, not because the forms are related. Service forms answer to a service proponent; DD forms answer to not stated or another Department office. The sequences were never aligned.
Why do editions change at all? Three reasons, mostly: the prescribing directive gets reissued, the information collected changes, or the required notice language is amended. Are you notified when it happens? No. Which is why confirming not stated at the moment you download is worth the few seconds.
What does this page actually provide? The blank form and a description of it. What does it not provide? Legal guidance, procedural rulings, or any assurance about a particular filing. Who answers those? not stated, the administrative office that serves you, or the authority identified in not stated.
Questions and answers
- What is DD Form 2834?
- DD Form 2834, Veterinary Consultation Request, September 2002.
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?