20 CFR § 212.5 - Verification of military service.

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title: "20 CFR § 212.5 - Verification of military service."
title_number: 20
title_name: "Employees' Benefits"
section_number: "212.5"
section_name: "Verification of military service."
chapter_name: "RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "REGULATIONS UNDER THE RAILROAD RETIREMENT ACT"
part_number: "212"
part_name: "MILITARY SERVICE"
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last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "45 U.S.C. 231f."
regulatory_source: "49 FR 46734, Nov. 28, 1984, unless otherwise noted."
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# 212.5 Verification of military service.

Military service may be verified by the following proof:

(a) The original certificate of discharge or release to inactive duty from a branch of the armed forces that shows the beginning and ending dates of the individual's active military service; or a certified copy of the original certificate made by the Federal, State, county or municipal agency or department in which the original certificate is recorded; or

(b) A certificate from a branch of the armed forces that shows the beginning and ending dates of the individual's active military service; or

(c) A photocopy of the document described in paragraph (a) or (b) of this section.