Use VA form 10-5345 to request these records (U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Request for and Authorization to Release Medical Records and Health Information).
If you have received care for your debilitating medical condition for more than 5 years at a VA facility, you must mark "OTHER" on VA Form 10-5345 under "Information Requested" then write that you are requesting information about the treatment of your qualified condition for the most recent 12-month period.
Under "PURPOSE(S) OR NEED FOR WHICH THE INFORMATION TO BE USED BY INDIVIDUAL TO WHOM INFORMATION IS TO BE RELEASED" write "Personal Medical Purposes".
Under "NAME AND ADDRESS OF ORGANIZATION, INDIVIDUAL OR TITLE OF INDIVIDUAL TO WHOM INFORMATION IS TO BE RELEASED" write your address.
The records will be sent to you.
To obtain VA medical records electronically, go to: myhealth.va.gov
Once you receive your official medical records, you must submit the medical records with your application.
