[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 20, Volume 1] [Revised as of April 1, 2005] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 20CFR212.5] [Page 209] TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS CHAPTER II--RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD PART 212_MILITARY SERVICE--Table of Contents Sec. 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.