He goes on, «By identifying senior investigators and uniting them as mentors for the BIRCWH scholars, we have fostered the development of numerous important, multidisciplinary collaborations that cut across
the entire Health Affairs campus.
The preamble to the NPRM noted that upon completion of individuals» military service, DOD and the Department of Transportation routinely transfer
entire military service records, including protected
health information to the Department of Veterans
Affairs so that Start Printed Page 82540the file can be retrieved quickly if the individuals or their dependents apply for veterans benefits.