- April 25, 2024
- Posted by: legaleseblogger
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## Obtaining Medical and Dental Records: A Frustrating Process
I have been repeatedly instructed to obtain my medical and dental records, but despite my efforts, I have not been successful in doing so. The process of getting these records involves finding a copier and spending an hour copying every single page, which can be time-consuming and tedious.
## Challenges in Obtaining Military Medical Records
For the past couple of years since my retirement in 2016, I have been trying to retrieve my medical and dental records from the Navy. However, my requests to both Millington and Goodfellow Air Base have been met with responses stating that they do not have my records.
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Before I got out in 2016. I went into to the records department at Branch Medical and asked them to print out a copy of my record as well as burn a CD for me.
This is 100% excellent advice.
The Navy Corpsman gave me a complete copy of my STRs in Apr 1996 when I was out processing and told me I might need them. They sat unused in a box for 26 years till I did my first claim. That dude hooked me up 👍😎
I will add to this and say do this WHILE YOU ARE IN. I was in a MEU in the Marines. We moved around A LOT. we were in the field, on the boat, over seas etc. They LOST my entire medical record jacket. Thankfully I had an entire copy of it and allowed them to make a copy of MY copy. Do NOT trust anyone with your permanent files.
And… Sometimes there is a FIRE that burns up EVERYTHING that has NO BACKUP!
Then you have the pleasure of trying to track down as much as you can from various places you were stationed. What’s cool, is that you find out those records of yours you need so badly had been sent to the records processing facility THAT BURNED!!
Life is Great if you Don’t Weaken!!
BTW, Microfiche and computer drives are susceptible to FIRE!
Luckily I got mine digitally as it’s 2300 pages. I couldn’t imagine scanning all that.
After you scan it, make it a Pdf and allow Acrobat to make the pages searchable (OCR). That way you can ctrl+f everything.
I just went through this. I bought a $250 scanner from Best Buy (Epson ES-C220). This bad boy does double sided scans at less than 1 second per page. Load up about 20 pages at a time and just hit go. Everything is now scanned and saved to my local Hard drive as well as the google cloud.
Took maybe 20 minutes since software is so easy. Returned the scanner the next day to BestBuy for a full refund…
I got my medical record downloaded on two different things.
But because of certain mental issues, I’m barred from reenlistment for the navy and army. But since they were service related I can try to get va.
Yep. It was a VA representative who told me to copy the whole thing. The nice lady that came over and did an individual TAPS class just for me. All 300-some odd pages of it. If you ask a corpsman nicely they may give you a spare record folder to put it in. I still have mine from when I separated in 2003.
I worked in the Navy Medical Department.. We had your health record and a copier. You bring your own paper and have at. EASY
I did this and thankfully I did. I requested a copy later through records to see if I missed anything and got a digital copy back. 90% of what was on the digital copy is unreadable. Records stated that they didn’t transfer over properly from microfilm.
Not just your medical records. Get hard copies of your orders and your pay. I went from being injured in Kuwait in a fire fight to playing volleyball in Saudi. Thank gawd I had copies f my orders and pay. Only way I got this “error” corrected.
Hell yeah. I mad 2 copies of health and dental records before I left. To easy
I kept my SRB, medical & dental files. They handed to me and said these are yours. That was 1999…things may have changed.
When I got out in 1990 I was handed a certified true copy of my medical and service records. This was from a remote base in Idaho Falls ID.
You can get an electronic copy from Medical via the DOD-Safe website after you complete your final physical now. All new gen service members after like 2020 should have fully digital records as well and if you’re active they should be transitioning your documents over.
And make sure all of your shit is on those records too.
It’s sad that we have to even go through the messed up process of getting your records. I requested mines last year and it was closed. But I don’t have any records. Wish I would have been informed about making a copy of my records when I got out.
Sounds like what happened to me, nobody told me to make a copy of it, I thought it was “classified” and therefore could not be copied.
Obtaining your medical records is a station now at the transition services places on Army installations. They send you a link for an electronic download of your PDF file—which is good because mine was over 1000 pages.
I am so glad they are doing this now for our servicemembers and feel badly for those who left the service before it was organized.
What is still broken is continuity of medical records for our spouses.
It’ll be a year this month since I began fighting to get a copy of my STR. They’ve told my Congressman to pound sand and no waiting on White House VA query.
I don’t understand what is so hard about it.
I second this. One of the first things an E8 told me early in my military career was (1) document every injury, bump or fall in my medical record – do t be stupid and just suck it up, (2) whenever I decided to separate to make sure to get a copy of my medical record right up to the last day on active duty, and (3) don’t skip my exit physical and make sure I have notes of anything major in my record, so I could specifically point those things out to be included in my exit physical notes.
At 25 years old, I thought that was crazy advice. At the time, I physically fit and active, so I wasn’t even thinking about stuff like that let alone when I was going to get out.
Fast forward at 21 years in and retiring, I remember what he said. At the time, I was retiring digital/electronic records wasn’t common – everything was manual entry. Also, you could checkout your hard copy medical record for medical appointments, etc. Nobody really kept track of whether or when you returned it. So, a week before my exit physical, I checked out my record and copied every page. I made a table of contents of every time I visited medical and what for. At my exit, I showed the medical examiner my notes, he focused my physical on those things and did a summary albeit not that detail of of my major issues and the current status – resolved, ongoing, recommended follow-on treatment, etc.,
Years later that table and summary notes came in handy, when I needed to file for SC disabilities. Basically, every time I filed, all I would do is attach a copy of the relevant page and the exit physical notes. I’ve never been denied a SC rating and have actually been able to get an increased rating for worsening condition for some of my conditions.
At 67 years old I am so thankful that when I retired, I never forgot that E8 advice, which I first thought was crazy.
I didn’t do this. I’ve been waiting almost a year for my records from the AF. Don’t be like me.
Ya I took mine from my CD made a copy to my iCloud account, same with my decision letter.
I had somebody at Naval Station medical Center at NAVSTA Mayport to copy my entire medical record for me. I think it took a week or two, but they did before I processed out my dental records in January- February 2009. I think it was the same process for Dental.
I didn’t do it, either. My house got hit by a hurricane and I lost all my hard copies. I just went through the Army process and they said 30-45 days. I got the CD with my records in 3 weeks. I faxed the form to AMEDD and they replied via email the next day. It’s a shame that the other branches don’t offer the fax option.
When I was EASing they gave up a CD with all of our records burned onto it, made it super easy to upload my claims. Idk if it’s the norm or not
100%
Yes, do what OP said! And continue the method after you get out!