Hello all! I need help finding an Army reg that I do not think exists. Hubby is being permanently medically retired. Last working day is July 26, then Permissive TDY and leave to retirement date on September 26. Fort Lee is telling us that upon Sept. 26, Army reg's state that his official Army medical record has to sit in the retirement offfice at Fort Lee for thirty days before the Army can send it to the VA office. HOWEVER, Portsmouth (which I know is Navy) has a Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Veterans' Services office located at the hospital where Hubby does all his care. They have been spot on the regs so far, and they (ports.) have helped fill out all Hubby's paperwork. They say they need the official service medical and dental records. They say Fort Lee can release them now to the office at PNMC, then they would only have to attach his DD214 on July 26. The vets' office supplied us with the memo that they give to the local separtations offices for the 2 CG stations, 6 Navy stations, and Fort Monroe (golly gee, an Army facility.) Fort Lee told us that Army reg's prohibit this and the records have to be sent to VA from Fort Lee 30 days after his official retirement date, in other words October 26. The paperwork, whether from PNMC or Fort Lee, all goes to the Roanoke, VA, office. Is this a true Army reg or is Fort Lee just full of crap? If it is a real Army reg, how is Fort Monroe sending their soldier's stuff off? If we have to wait until this Oct. date, which it looks like will happen becuase Ft. Lee says they aren't letting any "official" copy go, why are we having a three month delay over the people only 60 miles away? It just makes me feel like this process takes forever anyway and now Ft. Lee is just adding days because they want to make life difficult. Anybody have a clue what's going on?
Thanks