VA Pension: How Do I Get My DD214 To Show When I Served?

VA Pension:  How Do I Get My DD214 To Show When I Served?

VA Pension: How Do I Get My DD214 To Show When I Served?When you are thinking about applying for the VA Pension (Aid and Attendance), or having a family member apply, you need to make sure you have your papers showing dates of service and the type of discharge you have.  Here are three reasons you need this:

  1. The VA requires that you submit your papers (DD214) with the application;
  2. You need to verify that the dates of active duty were during a war time period; and
  3. You need to show a “honorable discharge” (or a better than dis-honorable discharge).

But what if you don’t have the form?  Or can’t find it?  Or it is so worn out that you can barely read it?

Then you order a new one from the government.

Two ways to do this:

For VA Pension you are normally wanting and needing the DD214 record — this form allows for more than this but the DD214 is what you need.

Contact Us.

We hope this article has been helpful in how to request your DD214.

We’ll put a few additional resources below but if you live in Alabama, or your relative lives in Alabama, feel free to call us.

You can reach us by phone at 1-205-879-2447 or you can contact us through our website.

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