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I grew up in a military household until the age of 15. I have been trying to locate all of my juvenile medical & dental records from that time, but to no avail. I submitted a request form to National Personnel Record Center a few years ago but they stated they had no records on file for me (I replied stating that I had visited several military hospitals for medical attention during my childhood so there had to be records). Any ideas on how or where to go to get records of my complete medical history?
As far as I know, before the digital age, all juvenile medical records are only kept until the age of 18. So I think it all depends on how old you are now. There might be an additional 7 years which was the requirement for adult records. Now that things are digitized, I think most can be kept indefinitely if not dumped due to data storage capacity. I tell the patients that I encounter to always ask for a copy of any medical records if possible. It's so much easier to keep a file on yourself instead of running around and trying to remember what you had done and where.
I have not. This all went on for several months and concluded with them saying they had no records on file. I relocated and left it at that, but it is something I would still like to resolve. That is the same form I filled out and submitted back then.
As far as I know, before the digital age, all juvenile medical records are only kept until the age of 18. So I think it all depends on how old you are now. There might be an additional 7 years which was the requirement for adult records. Now that things are digitized, I think most can be kept indefinitely if not dumped due to data storage capacity. I tell the patients that I encounter to always ask for a copy of any medical records if possible. It's so much easier to keep a file on yourself instead of running around and trying to remember what you had done and where.
From what I understand, they supposedly have all medical & service records on file going back to the 50's. And keeping a file on myself is what I'm trying to do - I have everything else I could get, just need the childhood records.
I retired from the military (Army) in 1990. At some point before that we signed or read some document relating to our children's medical records, that they would stay with the U.S. Government or words to that effect. During my time in the service our children's medical records were never given to us when we changed duty station, they were transferred. My children were "military brats" for 17+ years. Not sure if any of that helps.
Sorry for the delayed response. That's what I thought - that the DOD transferred them. My parents have no knowledge about the records themselves, so the Gov must have them....somewhere. I guess I'll try that form again; if I remember correctly I may have listed the last duty station where I received care, and not necessarily the last duty station we lived at.
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