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The Veterans Affairs (VA) War Related Illness and Injury Study Center in Washington, DC, developed the Veteran Military Occupational and Environmental Exposure Assessment Tool (VMOAT) to establish a structured, comprehensive self-report tool that captures military and non-military occupational and environmental exposures. The VMOAT is clinically insightful, modular, and flexible for adding novel exposures, meeting the needs of modern evolving threats and exposures in both clinical and research settings. This manuscript reviews the ongoing development and validation plans for the VMOAT.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Materials and Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The VMOAT is a self-reported structured questionnaire, and VMOAT 1.0 was developed to cover an individual\u2019s 3 life phases (pre, during, post-military service); 5 exposure domains (chemical, physical, biological, injuries including ergonomic, and psychological stress exposures, plus military preventive health measures); and 64 specific exposures nested within exposure categories. VMOAT 1.0 addresses exposure dose (frequency, duration, proximity, route), and can be administered online via VA approved Qualtrics survey software. VMOAT 1.0 to 2.0 updates began in December 2022 with changes focused on readability, streamlining the exposure history, refining the exposure metrics, and improving the skip logic embedded within the survey design.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The initial VMOAT 1.0 development included face and construct validation with expert internal and external academic and military collaborators, undergoing an iterative 5-cycle review as well as sample testing among a small group of Veterans. The VMOAT 1.0 was used in Institutional Review Board (IRB)-approved longitudinal study, which has been examined preliminarily to compare the VMOAT 1.0 with other exposure assessments and to compare responses of Explosive Ordnance Disposal Veterans, a high occupational exposure cohort, to non-Explosive Ordnance Disposal Veterans. Ongoing VMOAT 2.0 updates will include integration of experiences from piloting the VMOAT 1.0 as well as additional face and content validation and survey cognitive testing with Veterans. VMOAT 2.0 data will improve the development of exposure-informed models using composite survey data to create scored- and scale-based exposure metrics for specific exposures and exposure domains. These data will highlight the effectiveness of the VMOAT as a structured comprehensive occupational and environmental exposure assessment instrument.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>VMOAT development supports the 2022 Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act and fits into the existing VA exposure assessment approach as a standardized, comprehensive self-reported exposure assessment tool. It can be utilized as a stand-alone instrument or supplemented by clinician interviews in research or specialty evaluation programs. The collected VMOAT self-report information on military occupational and environmental exposures will allow direct evaluation with objective measures of exposure and health outcomes. 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