AFPC to Focus on Accountability of Medical Records

Week of November 10, 2008

The Air Force Personnel Center has a new mission:  improve the accountability of medical records and aid in the timely processing of veterans' disability claims. Starting with Randolph AFB as the test base, AFPC will collect and then transfer Health Treatment Records (medical and dental records forwarded together) to the servicing Department of Veterans Affairs location of retired and separated Airmen who left the Air Force after Sept. 1, 2008. Airmen can file a disability claim with the DVA up to six months in advance providing they can be available for DVA medical appointments. In these cases, Airmen can request a copy of their records from their servicing MTF to provide to the DVA.