In order to determine where a medical record is located, please see the chart below:ĭischarged, retired, or separated from any componentĭepartment of VA, Records Management Centerĭischarged or retired from Reserves or National Guardĭischarged, retired, or separated from Active Duty - Reservists with 90 days active duty for training In 2014, the military services dicontinued the practice of retiring the records to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Over the next six years, the other services followed suit. In 1992, the Army began retiring most of its former members' health records to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). In the 1990s, the military services discontinued the practice of filing health records with the personnel record portion at the NPRC.
Medical records from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) are also not included. Typically, these records are NOT filed with the health records but are generally retired to the NPRC by the facility which created them (see clinical records for more information). In comparison, clinical (hospital inpatient) records were generated when active duty members were actually hospitalized while in the service. Health records include induction and separation physical examinations, as well as routine medical care (doctor/dental visits, lab tests, etc.) when the patient was not admitted to a hospital. Health records cover the outpatient, dental and mental health treatment that former members received while in military service. The Army and the Air Force retired its health records with the Official Military Personnel File, while the Department of the Navy (including the Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard) retired these files separately to the NPRC until the 1980s. In the past, all of the military services retired the individual health record, along with the personnel record, to the NPRC upon a service member's separation from service. Many OMPFs contain both personnel and former active duty health records, but the service branches discontinued retiring the health record portion to the NPRC in the 1990s.
The Official Military Personnel Files (OMPF), held at the National Personnel Records Center (NPRC), are administrative records containing information about the subject's military service history.
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