VA records

Get your records and documents

• 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.

• 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.