Use VA Form 10-5345 to authorize us to share your health information with a non-VA (or third-party) individual or organization.
To request a copy of your VA medical records by mail or fax, send a signed and completed VA Form 10-5345a to our Release of Information office. Per VHA Directives, we have 20 business days to process all requests. Requests are accepted in-person, through My HealtheVet, mail, and fax.
Health care entities shall disclose health records to the individual who is the subject of the health record, including an audit trail of any additions, deletions, or revisions to the health record, if specifically requested, except as provided in subsections E and F and subsection B of § 8.01-413.
Practitioners licensed under this chapter shall maintain health records, as defined in § 32.1-127., for a minimum of six years following the last patient encounter.
How to Transfer Your Records to VA View and download your health records on the Secure Patient Portal. This only applies to health records classified as sensitive. Fill out and submit a Form SF 180, Request Pertaining to Military Records. Submit a request in-person at your nearest military hospital or clinic.
Check their website: Information about how to get your health record may be found under the Contact Us section of a provider's website. It may direct you to an online portal, a phone number, an email address, or a form. Phone or visit: You can also call or visit your provider and ask them how to get your health record.
Use VA Form 21-4142 to give us permission to obtain your personal information from a non-VA source like a private doctor or hospital. Examples of personal information may include your medical treatment, hospitalizations, psychotherapy, or outpatient care.
Health records are the property of the health care entity maintaining them, and, except when permitted or required by this section or by other provisions of state law, no health care entity, or other person working in a health care setting, may disclose an individual's health records.
A Privacy Rule Authorization is an individual's signed permission to allow a covered entity to use or disclose the individual's protected health information (PHI) that is described in the Authorization for the purpose(s) and to the recipient(s) stated in the Authorization.