XC file

Around the start of the 20th century the pension office stopped moving files between series and created a single series of certificate (C) files. Active soldiers' files got C numbers and active files of widows and dependents got XC numbers, written at the bottom of the pension index card. The VA used the X to mark a veteran who had died.

C and XC files still active after about 1928 stayed in VA custody, filed with World War I and World War II claims, so NARA may not have them; it receives batches every year or two. For a file still with the VA, NARA advised a Freedom of Information Act request asking the VA to locate it by the C or XC number.