VA records

Get your records and documents

• Get Veteran ID cards

  Find out how to get different types of identification cards to show your military status or your enrollment in VA health care.

• Request your military records (DD214)

  View and print documents from your official military personnel file (including your DD214).

• Get your VA medical records (called VA Blue Button)

  Set up your personal health record and download medical records, reports, and images to share with your VA and non-VA doctors.

• Download your VA benefit letters

  Download letters like your eligibility or award letter for certain benefits.

• Find out how to apply for a VA home loan Certificate of Eligibility

  Get instructions for how to apply for 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.

• Learn how to apply for a discharge upgrade

  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.

• View your VA payment history

  Check the status of your VA disability, pension, and education benefits payments. You can also see payments for certain survivor benefits.

• Search historical military records (National Archives)

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