VA Disability Benefits: Timely Delivery of Military Service Medical Records to VA

HRD-86-104BR Published: Jun 24, 1986. Publicly Released: Jun 24, 1986.

Highlights

In response to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Veterans Administration's (VA) ability to obtain service medical records from military records centers, specifically: (1) the extent of untimely medical records delivery from the military to VA; (2) why military records centers delay providing the records; and (3) records centers' initiatives to improve their response time.

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Veterans

Civilian personnel recordsInformation systemsMedical recordsRecords managementVeteransVeterans disability compensationMilitary forcesCompensationDisability benefitsVeterans benefits