VA Records | Veterans Affairs


VA Records | Veterans Affairs

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* Download letters like your eligibility or award letter for certain benefits. * Check the status of your VA disability, pension, and education benefits payments. You can also see payments


for certain survivor benefits. * View and print documents from your official military personnel file (including your DD214). * Find out how to get different types of identification cards to


show your military status or your enrollment in VA health care. * Set up your personal health record and download medical records, reports, and images to share with your VA and non-VA


doctors. * Request access to your compensation, pension, benefit, or military records now. * Download this IRS tax form if you need it when you file your state taxes. * Answer a series of


questions to get step-by-step instructions on how to apply for a discharge upgrade or correction. If your discharge gets upgraded, you’ll be eligible for the VA benefits you earned during


your period of service. * Get instructions for how to request your Certificate of Eligibility (COE), which confirms for your lender that you qualify for a VA-backed home loan. Then you can


choose your loan type to learn about the rest of the loan application process. * Find out how to change your address and other contact information in your VA.gov profile. * Visit the


National Archives website to research military records from the Revolutionary War to the present.