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PART 1—GENERAL PROVISIONS

• 1.9—Description, use, and display of VA seal and flag.
• 1.10—Eligibility for and disposition of the United States flag for burial purposes.
• 1.11—Quarters for Department of Veterans Affairs employees in Government-owned or -rented buildings overseas.
• 1.15—Standards for program evaluation.
• 1.17—Evaluation of studies relating to health effects of radiation exposure.
• 1.18—Guidelines for establishing presumptions of service connection for former prisoners of war.
• 1.200—Purpose.
• 1.201—Employee's duty to report.
• 1.203—Information to be reported to VA Police.
• 1.204—Information to be reported to the Office of Inspector General.
• 1.205—Notification to the Attorney General or United States Attorney's Office.
• 1.218—Security and law enforcement at VA facilities.
• 1.300—Purpose.
• 1.301—Definitions.
• 1.302—Applicability and scope.
• 1.303—Policy.
• 1.460—Definitions.
• 1.461—Applicability.
• 1.462—Confidentiality restrictions.
• 1.463—Criminal penalty for violations.
• 1.464—Minor patients.
• 1.465—Incompetent and deceased patients.
• 1.466—Security for records.
• 1.467—Restrictions on the use of identification cards and public signs.
• 1.468—Relationship to Federal statutes protecting research subjects against compulsory disclosure of their identity.
• 1.469—Patient access and restrictions on use.
• 1.475—Form of written consent.
• 1.476—Prohibition on redisclosure.
• 1.477—Disclosures permitted with written consent.
• 1.478—Disclosures to prevent multiple enrollments in detoxification and maintenance treatment programs; not applicable to records relating to sickle cell anemia or infection with the human immu
• 1.479—Disclosures to elements of the criminal justice system which have referred patients.
• 1.484—Disclosure of medical information to the surrogate of a patient who lacks decision-making capacity.
• 1.485—Medical emergencies.
• 1.485a—Eye, organ and tissue donation.
• 1.486—Disclosure of information related to infection with the human immunodeficiency virus to public health authorities.
• 1.487—Disclosure of information related to infection with the human immunodeficiency virus to the spouse or sexual partner of the patient.
• 1.488—Research activities.
• 1.489—Audit and evaluation activities.
• 1.490—Legal effect of order.
• 1.491—Confidential communications.
• 1.492—Order not applicable to records disclosed without consent to researchers, auditors and evaluators.
• 1.493—Procedures and criteria for orders authorizing disclosures for noncriminal purposes.
• 1.494—Procedures and criteria for orders authorizing disclosure and use of records to criminally investigate or prosecute patients.
• 1.495—Procedures and criteria for orders authorizing disclosure and use of records to investigate or prosecute VA or employees of VA.
• 1.496—Orders authorizing the use of undercover agents and informants to criminally investigate employees or agents of VA.
• 1.500—General.
• 1.501—Release of information by the Secretary.
• 1.502—Disclosure of the amount of monetary benefits.
• 1.503—Disclosure of information to a veteran or his or her duly authorized representative as to matters concerning the veteran alone.
• 1.504—Disclosure of information to a widow, child, or other claimant.
• 1.505—Genealogy.
• 1.506—Disclosure of records to Federal Government departments, State unemployment compensation agencies, and the Office of Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance.
• 1.507—Disclosures to members of Congress.
• 1.508—Disclosure in cases where claimants are charged with or convicted of criminal offenses.
• 1.509—Disclosure to courts in proceedings in the nature of an inquest.
• 1.510—Disclosure to insurance companies cooperating with the Department of Justice in the defense of insurance suits against the United States.
• 1.511—Disclosure of claimant records in connection with judicial proceedings generally.
• 1.512—Disclosure of loan guaranty information.
• 1.513—Disclosure of information contained in Armed Forces service and related medical records in Department of Veterans Affairs custody.
• 1.514—Disclosure to private physicians and hospitals other than Department of Veterans Affairs.
• 1.514a—Disclosure to private psychologists.
• 1.514b—Disclosures to procurement organizations.
• 1.515—To commanding officers of State soldiers' homes.
• 1.516—Disclosure of information to undertaker concerning burial of a deceased veteran.
• 1.517—Disclosure of vocational rehabilitation and education information to educational institutions cooperating with the Department of Veterans Affairs.
• 1.518—Addresses of claimants.
• 1.519—Lists of names and addresses.
• 1.520—Confidentiality of social data.
• 1.521—Special restrictions concerning social security records.
• 1.522—Determination of the question as to whether disclosure will be prejudicial to the mental or physical health of claimant.
• 1.524—Persons authorized to represent claimants.
• 1.525—Inspection of records by or disclosure of information to recognized representatives of organizations and recognized attorneys.
• 1.526—Copies of records and papers.
• 1.527—Administrative review.
• 1.550—General.
• 1.552—Public access to information that affects the public when not published in the Federal Register as constructive notice.
• 1.553—Public access to other reasonably described records.
• 1.553a—Time limits for Department of Veterans Affairs response to requests for records.
• 1.554—Exemptions from public access to agency records.
• 1.554a—Predisclosure notification procedures for confidential commercial information.
• 1.555—Fees.
• 1.556—Requests for other reasonably described records.
• 1.557—Administrative review.
• 1.575—Social security numbers in veterans' benefits matters.
• 1.576—General policies, conditions of disclosure, accounting of certain disclosures, and definitions.
• 1.577—Access to records.
• 1.579—Amendment of records.
• 1.580—Administrative review.
• 1.582—Exemptions.
• 1.600—Purpose.
• 1.601—Qualifications for access.
• 1.602—Utilization of access.
• 1.603—Disqualification.
• 1.650—Purpose.
• 1.651—Definitions.
• 1.652—Criteria for determining rights to employee inventions.
• 1.653—Delegation of authority.
• 1.654—Patenting of inventions.
• 1.655—Government license in invention of employee.
• 1.656—Information to be submitted by inventor.
• 1.657—Determination of rights.
• 1.658—Right of appeal.
• 1.659—Relationship to incentive awards program.
• 1.660—Expeditious handling.
• 1.661—Information to be kept confidential.
• 1.662—Provisions of regulations made a condition of employment.
• 1.663—Licensing of Government-owned inventions.
• 1.670—Purpose.
• 1.671—Definitions.
• 1.672—Responsibilities.
• 1.673—Responsibility for violations of the administrative subdivision of funds.
• 1.700—Purpose.
• 1.701—Contact person for missing children official mail program.
• 1.702—Policy.
• 1.703—Percentage estimate.
• 1.705—Restrictions on use of missing children information.
• 1.710—Homeless claimants: Delivery of benefit payments and correspondence.
• 1.891—Purpose of program.
• 1.892—Review of positions.
• 1.893—Establishing and converting part-time positions.
• 1.894—Annual goals and timetables.
• 1.895—Review and evaluation.
• 1.896—Publicizing vacancies.
• 1.897—Exceptions.
• 1.900—Prescription of standards.
• 1.901—No private rights created.
• 1.902—Antitrust, fraud, and tax and interagency claims.
• 1.903—Settlement, waiver, or compromise under other statutory or regulatory authority.
• 1.904—Form of payment.
• 1.905—Subdivision of claims not authorized.
• 1.906—Required administrative proceedings.
• 1.907—Definitions.
• 1.910—Aggressive collection action.
• 1.911—Collection of debts owed by reason of participation in a benefits program.
• 1.911a—Collection of non-benefit debts.
• 1.912—Collection by offset.
• 1.912a—Collection by offset—from VA benefit payments.
• 1.913—Liquidation of collateral.
• 1.914—Collection in installments.
• 1.915—Interest, administrative costs, and penalties.
• 1.916—Disclosure of debt information to consumer reporting agencies (CRA).
• 1.917—Contracting for collection services.
• 1.918—Use and disclosure of mailing addresses.
• 1.919—Administrative offset against amounts payable from Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund, Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS), final salary check, and lump sum leave payment
• 1.920—Referral of VA debts.
• 1.921—Analysis of costs.
• 1.922—Exemptions.
• 1.923—Administrative wage garnishment.
• 1.924—Suspension or revocation of eligibility for federal loans, loan insurance, loan guarantees, licenses, permits, or privileges.
• 1.929—Reduction of debt through performance of work-study services.
• 1.930—Scope and application.
• 1.931—Bases for compromise.
• 1.932—Enforcement policy.
• 1.933—Joint and several liability.
• 1.934—Further review of compromise offers.
• 1.935—Consideration of tax consequences to the Government.
• 1.936—Mutual releases of the debtor and VA.
• 1.940—Scope and application.
• 1.941—Suspension of collection activity.
• 1.942—Termination of collection activity.
• 1.943—Exception to termination.
• 1.944—Discharge of indebtedness; reporting requirements.
• 1.945—Authority to suspend or terminate collection action on certain benefit indebtedness; authority for refunds.
• 1.950—Prompt referral.
• 1.951—Claims Collection Litigation Report (CCLR).
• 1.952—Preservation of evidence.
• 1.953—Minimum amount of referrals to the Department of Justice.
• 1.955—Regional office Committees on Waivers and Compromises.
• 1.956—Jurisdiction.
• 1.957—Committee authority.
• 1.958—Finality of decisions.
• 1.959—Records and certificates.
• 1.960—Legal and technical assistance.
• 1.961—Releases.
• 1.962—Waiver of overpayments.
• 1.963—Waiver; other than loan guaranty.
• 1.963a—Waiver; erroneous payments of pay and allowances.
• 1.964—Waiver; loan guaranty.
• 1.965—Application of standard.
• 1.966—Scope of waiver decisions.
• 1.967—Refunds.
• 1.969—Revision of waiver decisions.
• 1.970—Standards for compromise.
• 1.980—Scope.
• 1.981—Definitions.
• 1.982—Salary offsets of debts involving benefits under the laws administered by VA.
• 1.983—Notice requirements before salary offsets of debts not involving benefits under the laws administered by VA.
• 1.984—Request for a hearing.
• 1.985—Form, notice of, and conduct of hearing.
• 1.986—Result if employee fails to meet deadlines.
• 1.987—Review by the hearing official or administrative law judge.
• 1.988—Written decision following a hearing requested under § 1.984.
• 1.989—Review of VA records related to the debt.
• 1.990—Written agreement to repay debt as alternative to salary offset.
• 1.991—Procedures for salary offset: when deductions may begin.
• 1.992—Procedures for salary offset.
• 1.993—Non-waiver of rights.
• 1.995—Requesting recovery through centralized administrative offset.
• 1.1000—Garnishment of payments after disbursement.