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what's the best way to get prior service records to you. i am in med hold in ft gordon, ga. i was in the navy 90-94 with a 8 yr service break til 02. i requested them online at evetrecs site and got a reply that i submitted it to the wrong place and it got passed to the va records center. i had asked specificly for records from my sprained ankle in the fall of 90 and exposure to leshmaniasis in june/july of 94 so i could show it to the doctors here to explain problems with my upper/lower back, knees, shoulders ,etc. when i mentioned it to my primary doctor and therapist..they looked at me like i was crazy for a second.
my case manager told me to go the the main va center out in augusta in person to request a copy of my record. can they print a copy from the archive there or will it have to be sent to me. i really need it quick before i am done here so i can get a correlation of some sorts on records so i can put it in a ammendum to the claim i filed in june.

michael robert falderoff
us navy june 90 - july 94
mfalderoff@yahoo.com

If you have ever filed a claim for service connected compensation with the VA, your service medical records will be with the VA, if not, they will be in your Navy personnel file.

I suggest you have your veterans organization service officer order the records for you and that way the request can and will be tracked!

Probably posting this at wrong spot-

The National Archives is on line---NARA-
go to their site and you can fill out a SF 180 and request all military medical and personnel records.

Print out the bar coded thing, sign it, copy, and mail to where the SF 180 tells you to-

Took me about 3 weeks- got my deceased husband's Navy records and NARA confirmed that the VARO had his USMC SMRs (where they should be)as I have claims in progress-

Also- the SSA -if you get SSA disability -is another potential source to find SMRs.
The copy fees might be high-
just call the SSA office where you first filed for SSA disability and see what their format is for seeing and copying from your SSA file.

SSA has them for disability claims and at some point returns them to NARA.
or to VA if you told them (VA) to consider these records for a VA claim-
The SSA is supposed to get them to properly add your military pay to your work credits for proper SSA monthly amount on SSA disability awards

Berta