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20 CFR §212.5

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Military service may be verified by the following proof:
  1. (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
  2. (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
  3. (c)A photocopy of the document described in paragraph (a) or (b) of this section.