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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 185 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to include a single comprehensive 
disability examination as part of the required Department of Defense 
physical examination for separating members of the Armed Forces, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 4, 2021 
Mr. WITTMAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans’ 
Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to include a single 
comprehensive disability examination as part of the re-
quired Department of Defense physical examination for 
separating members of the Armed Forces, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Veterans Affairs 
Transfer of Information and Sharing of Disability Exam-
ination Procedures With DOD Doctors Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF SINGLE COMPREHENSIVE DIS-
ABILITY EXAMINATION AS PART OF RE-
QUIRED DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PHYS-
ICAL EXAMINATION FOR SEPARATING MEM-
BERS OF THE ARMED FORCES. 
Section 1145(a)(5) of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraphs: 
‘‘(D) If a member of the armed forces who is required 
to receive a physical examination under subparagraph (A) 
has or is believed to have a medical condition that will 
or may make the member eligible for disability compensa-
tion and benefits from the Department of Veterans Af-
fairs, the physical examination shall be performed by a 
health care provider who is certified by the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs to determine such eligibility. If such a 
condition is discovered during the physical examination 
and the health care provider performing the examination 
is not certified by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, the 
examination shall be completed by a health care provider 
certified by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. 
‘‘(E) An eligibility determination made as part of a 
physical examination under subparagraph (C) shall be 
binding on the Department of Veterans Affairs and be 
used as the basis for assigning a disability rating for the 
separating member.’’. 
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SEC. 3. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND DEPARTMENT OF 
VETERANS AFFAIRS JOINT RECORDKEEPING 
SYSTEM. 
The Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Secretary 
of Defense shall jointly establish a system to be used by 
both the Department of Defense and the Department of 
Veterans Affairs to establish and maintain the medical 
and personnel records of members of the Armed Forces 
and veterans. Such system shall provide for data sharing 
between the Department of Defense and the Department 
of Veterans Affairs. 
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