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New DVA Health History/Environmental Exposure Documentation Opportunity for Corps Officers |
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The Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA) has created a new database that allows individual veterans to
‘tell their military story.’ This opportunity allows veterans to set up personal accounts and keep a
permanent record of their Uniformed Service health/exposure to toxic substances or diseases history in
their own words in a safe, secure place. At the veteran’s discretion, he or she can share this history
with DVA healthcare providers. Documenting each veteran’s story will help physicians see their patients
more as a whole person rather than “just a series of symptoms and diseases.” |
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This database accommodates U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) Commissioned Corps officers, even those with
no Department of Defense background. PHS choices are in relevant dropdown menus, etc. |
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For additional information, please see --
http://www1.va.gov/environagents/docs/Military_Health_History_Brochure_23_Nov_2005_IB_10-93.pdf
and http://www.myhealth.va.gov/ |