38 CFR § 14.602 - Requests for medical information.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t38/s14.602"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "38 CFR § 14.602 - Requests for medical information."
title_number: 38
title_name: "Pensions, Bonuses, and Veterans' Relief"
section_number: "14.602"
section_name: "Requests for medical information."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS"
part_number: "14"
part_name: "LEGAL SERVICES, GENERAL COUNSEL, AND MISCELLANEOUS CLAIMS"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 301; 28 U.S.C. 2671-2680; 38 U.S.C. 501(a), 512, 515, 5502, 5901-5905; 28 CFR part 14, appendix to part 14, unless otherwise noted."
regulatory_source: "19 FR 5552, Aug. 31, 1954, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "14"
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# 14.602 Requests for medical information.
(a) Where there is indication that a tort claim will be filed, medical records or other information shall not be released without approval of the Regional Counsel.
(b) Request for medical records, documents, reports, or other information shall be handled in accordance with the provisions of § 1.511(a)(2) of this chapter.
[38 FR 5470, Mar. 1, 1973, as amended 42 FR 41415, Aug. 17, 1977. Redesignated at 61 FR 27784, June 3, 1996, as amended at 64 FR 47112, Aug. 30, 1999]