Title 38--Pensions, Bonuses, and Veterans' Relief
CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
PART 1--GENERAL PROVISIONS
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| 1.9 |
Description, use, and display of VA seal and flag. |
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| 1.10 |
Eligibility for and disposition of the United States flag for burial purposes. |
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| 1.11 |
Quarters for Department of Veterans Affairs employees in Government-owned or -rented buildings overseas. |
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| 1.15 |
Standards for program evaluation. |
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| 1.17 |
Evaluation of studies relating to health effects of dioxin and radiation exposure. |
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| 1.200 |
Purpose. |
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| 1.201 |
Employee's duty to report. |
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| 1.203 |
Information to be reported to VA Police. |
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| 1.204 |
Information to be reported to the Office of Inspector General. |
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| 1.205 |
Notification to the Attorney General or United States Attorney's Office. |
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| 1.218 |
Security and law enforcement at VA facilities. |
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| 1.300 |
Purpose. |
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| 1.301 |
Definitions. |
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| 1.302 |
Applicability and scope. |
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| 1.303 |
Policy. |
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| 1.460 |
Definitions. |
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| 1.461 |
Applicability. |
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| 1.462 |
Confidentiality restrictions. |
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| 1.463 |
Criminal penalty for violations. |
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| 1.464 |
Minor patients. |
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| 1.465 |
Incompetent and deceased patients. |
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| 1.466 |
Security for records. |
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| 1.467 |
Restrictions on the use of identification cards and public signs. |
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| 1.468 |
Relationship to Federal statutes protecting research subjects against compulsory disclosure of their identity. |
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| 1.469 |
Patient access and restrictions on use. |
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| 1.475 |
Form of written consent. |
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| 1.476 |
Prohibition on redisclosure. |
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| 1.477 |
Disclosures permitted with written consent. |
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| 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 immunodeficiency virus. |
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| 1.479 |
Disclosures to elements of the criminal justice system which have referred patients. |
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| 1.485 |
Medical emergencies. |
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| 1.486 |
Disclosure of information related to infection with the human immunodeficiency virus to public health authorities. |
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| 1.487 |
Disclosure of information related to infection with the human immunodeficiency virus to the spouse or sexual partner of the patient. |
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| 1.488 |
Research activities. |
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| 1.489 |
Audit and evaluation activities. |
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| 1.490 |
Legal effect of order. |
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| 1.491 |
Confidential communications. |
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| 1.492 |
Order not applicable to records disclosed without consent to researchers, auditors and evaluators. |
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| 1.493 |
Procedures and criteria for orders authorizing disclosures for noncriminal purposes. |
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| 1.494 |
Procedures and criteria for orders authorizing disclosure and use of records to criminally investigate or prosecute patients. |
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| 1.495 |
Procedures and criteria for orders authorizing disclosure and use of records to investigate or prosecute VA or employees of VA. |
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| 1.496 |
Orders authorizing the use of undercover agents and informants to criminally investigate employees or agents of VA. |
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| 1.500 |
General. |
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| 1.501 |
Release of information by the Secretary. |
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| 1.502 |
Disclosure of the amount of monetary benefits. |
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| 1.503 |
Disclosure of information to a veteran or his or her duly authorized representative as to matters concerning the veteran alone. |
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| 1.504 |
Disclosure of information to a widow, child, or other claimant. |
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| 1.505 |
Genealogy. |
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| 1.506 |
Disclosure of records to Federal Government departments, State unemployment compensation agencies, and the Office of Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance. |
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| 1.507 |
Disclosures to members of Congress. |
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| 1.508 |
Disclosure in cases where claimants are charged with or convicted of criminal offenses. |
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| 1.509 |
Disclosure to courts in proceedings in the nature of an inquest. |
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| 1.510 |
Disclosure to insurance companies cooperating with the Department of Justice in the defense of insurance suits against the United States. |
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| 1.511 |
Disclosure of claimant records in connection with judicial proceedings generally. |
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| 1.512 |
Disclosure of loan guaranty information. |
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| 1.513 |
Disclosure of information contained in Armed Forces service and related medical records in Department of Veterans Affairs custody. |
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| 1.514 |
Disclosure to private physicians and hospitals other than Department of Veterans Affairs. |
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| 1.514a |
Disclosure to private psychologists. |
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| 1.515 |
To commanding officers of State soldiers' homes. |
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| 1.516 |
Disclosure of information to undertaker concerning burial of a deceased veteran. |
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| 1.517 |
Disclosure of vocational rehabilitation and education information to educational institutions cooperating with the Department of Veterans Affairs. |
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| 1.518 |
Addresses of claimants. |
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| 1.519 |
Lists of names and addresses. |
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| 1.520 |
Confidentiality of social data. |
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| 1.521 |
Special restrictions concerning social security records. |
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| 1.522 |
Determination of the question as to whether disclosure will be prejudicial to the mental or physical health of claimant. |
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| 1.524 |
Persons authorized to represent claimants. |
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| 1.525 |
Inspection of records by or disclosure of information to recognized representatives of organizations and recognized attorneys. |
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| 1.526 |
Copies of records and papers. |
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| 1.527 |
Administrative review. |
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| 1.550 |
General. |
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| 1.552 |
Public access to information that affects the public when not published in the Federal Register as constructive notice. |
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| 1.553 |
Public access to other reasonably described records. |
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| 1.553a |
Time limits for Department of Veterans Affairs response to requests for rec&chyph;ords. |
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| 1.554 |
Exemptions from public access to agency records. |
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| 1.554a |
Predisclosure notification procedures for confidential commercial information. |
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| 1.555 |
Fees. |
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| 1.556 |
Requests for other reasonably described records. |
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| 1.557 |
Administrative review. |
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| 1.575 |
Social security numbers in veterans' benefits matters. |
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| 1.576 |
General policies, conditions of disclosure, accounting of certain disclosures, and definitions. |
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| 1.577 |
Access to records. |
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| 1.579 |
Amendment of records. |
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| 1.580 |
Administrative review. |
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| 1.582 |
Exemptions.
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| 1.600 |
Definitions. |
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| 1.601 |
Advisory Committee on Cemeteries and Memorials. |
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| 1.602 |
Names for national cemetery activities. |
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| 1.603 |
Gifts and donations. |
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| 1.617 |
Prohibition of interment or memorialization of persons who have been convicted of Federal or State capital crimes. |
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| 1.618 |
Findings concerning commission of a capital crime where a person has not been convicted due to death or flight to avoid prosecution. |
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| 1.620 |
Eligibility for burial.
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| 1.620 |
Eligibility for burial. |
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| 1.621 |
Disinterments from national cemeteries. |
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| 1.629 |
Monetary allowance in lieu of a Government-furnished outer burial receptacle. |
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| 1.630 |
Headstones and markers. |
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| 1.631 |
Appropriate markers for graves already marked at private expense. |
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| 1.632 |
Headstone and marker application required. |
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| 1.633 |
Group memorial monuments. |
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| 1.650 |
Purpose. |
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| 1.651 |
Definitions. |
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| 1.652 |
Criteria for determining rights to employee inventions. |
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| 1.653 |
Delegation of authority. |
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| 1.654 |
Patenting of inventions. |
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| 1.655 |
Government license in invention of employee. |
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| 1.656 |
Information to be submitted by inventor. |
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| 1.657 |
Determination of rights. |
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| 1.658 |
Right of appeal. |
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| 1.659 |
Relationship to incentive awards program. |
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| 1.660 |
Expeditious handling. |
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| 1.661 |
Information to be kept confidential. |
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| 1.662 |
Provisions of regulations made a condition of employment. |
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| 1.663 |
Licensing of Government-owned inventions. |
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| 1.670 |
Purpose. |
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| 1.671 |
Definitions. |
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| 1.672 |
Responsibilities. |
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| 1.673 |
Responsibility for violations of the administrative subdivision of funds. |
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| 1.700 |
Purpose. |
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| 1.701 |
Contact person for missing children official mail program. |
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| 1.702 |
Policy. |
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| 1.703 |
Percentage estimate. |
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| 1.705 |
Restrictions on use of missing children information. |
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| 1.710 |
Homeless claimants: Delivery of benefit payments and correspondence. |
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| 1.780 |
Board of Contract Appeals--jurisdiction. |
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| 1.781 |
Organization and address of the Board. |
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| 1.782 |
Policy and procedure. |
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| 1.783 |
Rules of the Board. |
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| 1.891 |
Purpose of program. |
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| 1.892 |
Review of positions. |
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| 1.893 |
Establishing and converting part-time positions. |
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| 1.894 |
Annual goals and timetables. |
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| 1.895 |
Review and evaluation. |
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| 1.896 |
Publicizing vacancies. |
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| 1.897 |
Exceptions. |
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| 1.900 |
Prescription of standards. |
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| 1.901 |
Omissions not a defense. |
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| 1.902 |
Fraud, antitrust and tax claims excluded. |
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| 1.903 |
Settlement, waiver, or compromise under other statutory or regulatory authority. |
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| 1.904 |
Conversion claims. |
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| 1.905 |
Subdivision of claims not authorized. |
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| 1.906 |
Required administrative proceedings. |
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| 1.907 |
Definitions. |
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| 1.910 |
Aggressive collection action. |
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| 1.911 |
Collection of debts owed by reason of participation in a benefits program. |
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| 1.912 |
Collection by offset. |
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| 1.912a |
Collection by offset--from VA benefit payments. |
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| 1.913 |
Personal interview with debtor. |
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| 1.914 |
Contact with debtor's employing agency. |
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| 1.915 |
Suspension or revocation of eligibility. |
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| 1.916 |
Liquidation of collateral. |
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| 1.917 |
Collection in installments. |
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| 1.918 |
Exploration of compromise. |
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| 1.919 |
Interest. |
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| 1.920 |
Documentation of collection action. |
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| 1.921 |
Additional collection action. |
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| 1.922 |
Disclosure of debt information to consumer reporting agencies (CRA). |
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| 1.923 |
Contracting for collection services. |
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| 1.924 |
Use and disclosure of mailing addresses. |
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| 1.925 |
Administrative offset against amounts payable from Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund, Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS), final salary check, and lump sum leave payments. |
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| 1.926 |
Referral of VA debts. |
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| 1.927 |
Analysis of costs and prevention of debts. |
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| 1.928 |
Exemptions. |
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| 1.929 |
Reduction of debt through performance of work-study services. |
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| 1.930 |
Scope and application. |
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| 1.931 |
Inability to pay. |
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| 1.932 |
Litigative possibilities. |
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| 1.933 |
Cost of collecting claim. |
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| 1.934 |
Enforcement policy. |
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| 1.935 |
Joint and several liability. |
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| 1.936 |
Settlement for a combination of reasons. |
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| 1.937 |
Further review of compromise offers. |
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| 1.938 |
Restrictions. |
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| 1.940 |
Scope and application. |
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| 1.941 |
Suspension of collection activity. |
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| 1.942 |
Termination of collection activity. |
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| 1.943 |
Transfer of claims. |
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| 1.950 |
Prompt referral. |
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| 1.951 |
Claims Collection Litigation Report. |
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| 1.952 |
Preservation of evidence. |
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| 1.953 |
Minimum amount of referrals to the Department of Justice. |
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| 1.954 |
Preliminary referrals to GAO. |
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| 1.955 |
Regional office Committees on Waivers and Compromises. |
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| 1.956 |
Jurisdiction. |
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| 1.957 |
Committee authority. |
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| 1.958 |
Finality of decisions. |
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| 1.959 |
Records and certificates. |
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| 1.960 |
Legal and technical assistance. |
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| 1.961 |
Releases. |
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| 1.962 |
Waiver of overpayments. |
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| 1.963 |
Waiver; other than loan guaranty. |
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| 1.963a |
Waiver; erroneous payments of pay and allowances. |
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| 1.964 |
Waiver; loan guaranty. |
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| 1.965 |
Application of standard. |
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| 1.966 |
Scope of waiver decisions. |
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| 1.967 |
Refunds. |
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| 1.969 |
Revision of waiver decisions. |
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| 1.970 |
Standards for compromise. |
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| 1.980 |
Scope. |
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| 1.981 |
Definitions. |
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| 1.982 |
Salary offsets of debts involving benefits under the laws administered by VA. |
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| 1.983 |
Notice requirements before salary offsets of debts not involving benefits under the laws administered by VA. |
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| 1.984 |
Request for a hearing. |
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| 1.985 |
Form, notice of, and conduct of hearing. |
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| 1.986 |
Result if employee fails to meet deadlines. |
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| 1.987 |
Review by the hearing official or administrative law judge. |
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| 1.988 |
Written decision following a hearing requested under 1.984. |
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| 1.989 |
Review of VA records related to the debt. |
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| 1.990 |
Written agreement to repay debt as alternative to salary offset. |
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| 1.991 |
Procedures for salary offset: when deductions may begin. |
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| 1.992 |
Procedures for salary offset. |
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| 1.993 |
Non-waiver of rights. |
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| 1.994 |
Refunds. |