d. Information ROs Must Provide in a PIES Request for Treatment Records of a Service Member’s Dependent The table below shows the information ROs must provide to NPRC when requesting the treatment records of a service member’s dependent through PIES: If the dependent received treatment as an ... Then the RO must provide NPRC with the ... inpatient year(s) of treatment, and full name of the last facility to treat the dependent. outpatient last year of treatment, and full name of the facility that treated the dependent. Note: NPRC may occasionally request additional information that an RO must provide in order for NPRC to continue searching for a dependent’s treatment records. e. Accessing a Dependent’s Treatment Records Through CAPRI If a Veteran was treated in a military facility as a dependent after 2004, electronic copies of corresponding treatment records should be accessible under the VISTAWEB/DOD RECORDS tab in the Compensation and Pension Record Interchange (CAPRI). Reference: For information about accessing a dependent’s treatment records through CAPRI, see the . 5. Alternative Means of Verifying Service Introduction This topic contains information on alternative means of verifying a Veteran’s service, including using Beneficiary Identification and Records Locator Subsystem (BIRLS) to verify service, and alternative sources for evidence of service. Change Date June 11, 2015
Information About a Veteran’s Service at Camp Lejeune service at Camp Lejeune. Step Action 1 Send notice to the claimant and concurrently inform him/her that although VA will attempt to obtain the information described in M21-1, Part III, Subpart iii, 2.E.7.b, the claimant should immediately provide VA with any of this information in his/her possession. 2 Does VA already possess the Veteran’s service records (STRs and service personnel records)? If yes, proceed to Step 5. If no, proceed to Step 3. 3 Request service records that are not already in VA’s possession through normal channels. The table below contains references to topics in M21-1 that provide information about where service records are maintained, and whether they are obtainable through PIES or DPRIS. When initially requesting service personnel records through PIES, use request code O50 (if the corresponding claim is being processed in VBMS), or O19 (if the corresponding claim is not being processed in VBMS), or DPRIS, select the records identified on the OMPF REQUEST FORM as SC1 – DD-214/215 SC6 – Disch/Sep/Ret SC8 – Orders/Endorsements PG2 – Commendatory Items, and PH5 – Chron Assignment History. 4 Do service personnel records obtained through an initial request through PIES or DPRIS contain proof of the Veteran’s service at
a. Verifying Whether a Veteran Meets the Minimum Active-Duty Service Requirement To obtain verification that a Veteran meets the minimum active-duty service requirement (24 months) set forth in , send a request to NPRC through PIES, using request code O99. In the free-text section of the request enter Please verify two years of honorable active service. Note: If the corresponding claim is being processed in VBMS, submit request code O50. The PIES O50 request covers documentation needed to manually verify minimum active-duty service requirements. Exception: Service personnel records required to determine whether a Veteran meets the minimum active-duty service requirement are available only through DPRIS if the Veteran was discharged from the Army on or after October 1, 1994 Navy on or after January 1, 1995 Air Force on or after October 1, 2004, or Marine Corps on or after January 1, 1999. To request the relevant personnel records from DPRIS, select all records under SERVICE COMPUTATION GROUP on the OMPF REQUEST FORM. References: For more information about requesting records through PIES, see the , and M21-1, Part III, Subpart iii, 2.D, or DPRIS, select the HELP tab within the DPRIS application, which is accessible at (Registration is required.), or the minimum active-duty service requirement, see M21-1, Part III, Subpart ii, 6.4.