To obtain verification that a Veteran meets the minimum active-duty service a. Verifying Whether a requirement (24 months) set forth in , send a request to NPRC through PIES, Veteran Meets using request code O99. In the free-text section of the request enter Please the Minimum verify two years of honorable active service. Active-Duty Service If the corresponding claim is being processed in VBMS, submit Note: Requirement request code O50. The PIES O50 request covers documentation needed to manually verify minimum active-duty service requirements. Service personnel records required to determine whether a Exception: Veteran meets the minimum active-duty service requirement are available through DPRIS if the Veteran was discharged from the only Army on or after October 1, 1994 Navy on or after January 1, 1995 Air Force on or after October 1, 2004, or Marine Corps on or after January 1, 1999. To request the relevant personnel records from DPRIS, select all records under SERVICE COMPUTATION GROUP on the OMPF REQUEST FORM. For more information about References: requesting records through PIES, see the , and M21-1, Part III, Subpart iii, 2.D, or DPRIS, select the HELP tab within the DPRIS application, which is accessible at (Registration is required.), or the minimum active-duty service requirement, see M21-1, Part III, Subpart ii, 6.4.
a. Verifying Whether a Veteran Meets the Minimum Active-Duty Service Requirement To obtain verification that a Veteran meets the minimum active-duty service requirement (24 months) set forth in , send a request to NPRC through PIES, using request code O99. In the free-text section of the request enter Please verify two years of honorable active service. Note: If the corresponding claim is being processed in VBMS, submit request code O50. The PIES O50 request covers documentation needed to manually verify minimum active-duty service requirements. Exception: Service personnel records required to determine whether a Veteran meets the minimum active-duty service requirement are available only through DPRIS if the Veteran was discharged from the Army on or after October 1, 1994 Navy on or after January 1, 1995 Air Force on or after October 1, 2004, or Marine Corps on or after January 1, 1999. To request the relevant personnel records from DPRIS, select all records under SERVICE COMPUTATION GROUP on the OMPF REQUEST FORM. References: For more information about requesting records through PIES, see the , and M21-1, Part III, Subpart iii, 2.D, or DPRIS, select the HELP tab within the DPRIS application, which is accessible at (Registration is required.), or the minimum active-duty service requirement, see M21-1, Part III, Subpart ii, 6.4.