It is possible for you to access all of your VA medical records through the VA’s website. I’m going to talk you through how to do that, but first, you’ll need to make sure you have created an account to access the VA system. There are three different options for that. You can use a DS log on if you have one, my healthevet, if you’ve already signed up and have one of those, or a third website called id.me. And if you don’t have any of those, I recommend using the id.me. It is far and away, the most convenient way for you to prove you are who you say you are and get access to the VA’s website.
It is just a super convenient way for you to get this all set up. All you need is a computer, a phone that takes pictures and, a couple of pieces of government issued ID. You don’t have to leave your house. You literally do it all in a few minutes. There’s one caveat. If you’re an Iraq or Afghanistan vet and need to sign up for the VA’s the national burn pit registry, I’m pretty sure you can only do that with a DS log on account. But even if that is you, if you haven’t done any of this before, I still recommend go ahead and go ahead and getting the id.me account. It’s it’s super fast and easy, and it’ll get you to your VA medical records in the quickest way possible.
Id.me has produced a great video on how to create an account, and they’ve done a much better job than I could have. So I’m going to link to that video to the right. I recommend you go watch that video, sign up for an id.me account, and then come back here, and I’ll walk through how to then log in to the VA system and get access to your records.
For this next video, I’m going to just go straight to my computer screen and I’ll walk you through how to navigate the VA’s website and find your medical records. I generally like to put a transcript here for people who’d rather read than watch the video but in this case, I recommend just watching the video.
As always, if you feel like you need some help in your fight with the VA, reach out to me through the contact information on this website. I’m happy to see if I can help.