VA Form 20-10206 — Request records under FOIA or the Privacy Act
Request benefit-related records from the Veterans Benefits Administration under the Privacy Act or Freedom of Information Act. VA medical records use a separate request.
Use the current official form
Revision: August 2023.
For your own VA health records, use VA Form 10-5345a and the facility that holds the records. This VBA form is not a universal destination for every VA record custodian.
Submission instructions
Mail — VBA records requests
The PDF identifies the Centralized Support Division for claim files, service or military treatment records, DD Form 214 and claim examinations. Its Privacy Act requests go to this destination.
Department of Veterans Affairs
Evidence Intake Center
PO Box 4444
Janesville, WI 53547-4444
Fax — VBA records requests
Fax destination printed alongside the Centralized Support Division mailing address in this form.
844-531-7818
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