Lesson 10: Service Record Development Questions With Complete Solutions !!!

What are Service Treatment Records (STRs)? - ANS In-service health records that service departments collect for each service member Service treatment records (STRs) do not include inpatient treatment records (clinical records), the Military Personnel Record Jacket (MPRJ), finance records, and which one of the following documents? - ANS Mental health records. Which of the following documents is included in Service Treatment Records (STRs)? - ANS Discharge physical examination Personnel records are administrative records containing information about which of the following? - ANS Service member's service history. Clinical records are comprised of a variety of health care treatment information to include_______________. - ANS Military retiree medical records Which of the following facilities is a central repository for most military records that is operated by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) and houses service treatment records and personnel records of former service members? - ANS National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) The three main categories of service records are service treatment records, military personal records, and which one of the following? - ANS clinical records. Which of the following facilities is a repository that began, in 2014, housing scanned/digitized service treatment records for service members? - ANS Healthcare Artifacts and Images Management Solution (HAIMS) Which of the following is one of the responsibilities of the Records Management Center? - ANS Maintaining STRs for those Veterans who do not have a claims folder located at and RO Which of the following is a repository that was created for the purpose of housing financial records for retired and other former service personnel? - ANS Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) VA attempts to request Service Treatment Records from NPRC through PIES and receive the response "fire-related records." What is its next step in requesting the records? - ANS Send a letter to the claimant asking him or her to complete NA Form 13055, Request for Information Needed to Reconstruct Medical Data If a claimant is in the active Reserve or National Guard, what two factors will VA consider to determine the appropriate custodian from which to request service treatment records? - ANS Branch of service and release of active duty date Which of the following are the three main categories of service records? - ANS Service treatment records, military personnel records, and clinical records. If a Veteran has multiple periods of service, what period(s) of service must be verified before the claim can be completed? - ANS Each period of service True or False: All periods of service must be verified before the claim can be completed. - ANS TRUE If a Veteran has more than one period of service, a DD 214 has to be provided for each period of service. Under what condition can one DD 214 be sufficient to verify multiple periods of service? - ANS The service periods were all consecutive (without a break) SCENARIO: Veteran Tom Harris submits a claim for disability compensation on VA Form 21-526 EZ. He also uploads a copy of his DD-214. The copy has the following stamp from the VSO: I, Ken Brown, VSO, American Legion Milwaukee, Wisconsin certify that I have completed the VA-prescribed training on certification of evidence or proof of service and that this is a true and exact copy of either an original document or of a copy issued by the service department or public custodian of record." Ken Brown 11/19/2016 Based on this scenario, is the copy of the Veteran's DD-214 acceptable to VA as authentic proof of service? - ANS yes