What action is taken when a member is placed on the retired list or Fleet Reserve List?

What action is taken when a member is placed on the retired list or Fleet Reserve List?

• A. Close the Health Record.
• B. Archive the Health Record but keep it active.
• C. Destroy the Health Record.
• D. Transfer to civilian personnel file.

Answer: (A)

When someone is retired or placed on Fleet Reserve, the active service Health Record is closed. This signals that the member is no longer in an active-duty status, so no new medical entries will be added to the active record. The record still exists and can be referenced for retirement benefits or future medical care, but it is no longer an active-duty file. Archiving or destroying would not reflect the need to retain the medical history for veterans' benefits and long-term care, and transferring it to a civilian personnel file isn’t appropriate since the health record remains a military record managed for retention and later access.

When someone is retired or placed on Fleet Reserve, the active service Health Record is closed. This signals that the member is no longer in an active-duty status, so no new medical entries will be added to the active record. The record still exists and can be referenced for retirement benefits or future medical care, but it is no longer an active-duty file. Archiving or destroying would not reflect the need to retain the medical history for veterans' benefits and long-term care, and transferring it to a civilian personnel file isn’t appropriate since the health record remains a military record managed for retention and later access.