[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 38, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 38CFR1.504]

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            TITLE 38--PENSIONS, BONUSES, AND VETERANS' RELIEF
 
                CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
 
PART 1_GENERAL PROVISIONS--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  1.504  Disclosure of information to a widow, child, or other 

claimant.

    Information may be disclosed to a widow, widower, child, or other 
dependent parent or other claimant, or the duly authorized 
representative of any of these persons as to matters concerning such 
person alone when such disclosure will not be injurious to the

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physical or mental health of the person to whom the inquiry relates. If 
the person concerning whom the information is sought is deceased, 
matters concerning such person may be disclosed to the next of kin if 
the disclosures will not be injurious to the physical or mental health 
of the person in whose behalf the information is sought or cause 
repugnance or resentment toward the decedent.

[13 FR 6999, Nov. 27, 1948, as amended at 54 FR 34980, Aug. 23, 1989]