Records have been exchanged between Social Security and the VA, but it has been digital paper formats and not actual data. The article also states that Social Security is about ready to show some demonstrations of mapping healthcare information to HeatlhVault. 
The Health Internet – Government Looking to Expand The National Health Information Network For Public Use
Social Security is also working with the Connect Software from the Government and was the first to use the the NHIN to connect. BD
The Social Security Administration plans to start sharing health information electronically with the Veterans Affairs and Defense departments to speed the processing of claims by veterans who apply for SSA disability benefits, the agency’s top health IT executive said Nov. 6.
In February, SSA, VA and DOD will begin exchanging structured, machine-readable health data across a network that conforms to nationwide health information network (NHIN) standards, said Jim Borland, SSA’s special advisor for health IT.
SSA’s health information sharing project with the military will follow an NHIN-based test of care coordination and electronic record sharing in Jan. between DOD, VA and Kaiser Permanente, which often treat patients in common.
“VA has been exchanging information with Social Security for years, but it has been digital paper, like PDFs,” Borland said at a meeting of an advisory panel on SSA’s future technology systems and health IT strategy.
In February 2009, SSA was the first agency to request and receive patient information using NHIN standards and specifications. SSA uses the federally developed Connect software, an implementation of the NHIN, to exchange information with MedVirginia.
Among its other health IT projects, SSA is mapping data elements for medications, lab reports and continuity of care documents with Microsoft’s HealthVault personal health record software. SSA plans to conduct a demonstration of exchanging information over the NHIN with the Microsoft application.
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