Manual of the Medical Department (NAVMED P-117): Chapter 15: Medical Examinations: Introduction

15-7 Recording Medical Examinations

Department of the Navy
Bureau of Medicine and Surgery

(1) Unless otherwise specified, all medical examinations will be properly recorded on the SF-88 and SF-93 or NAVMED 6120/2 and permanently filed in the member's health record.

(2) A copy of the examination will be kept on file for three years by the examining facility.

(3) Examinations or portions thereof will not be removed from a member's health record.