---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 C.F.R. § 1.501"
title: "38"
number: "1.501"
heading: "Release of information by the Secretary."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/38/1.501"
---

# §1.501. Release of information by the Secretary.


The Secretary of Veterans Affairs or the Deputy Secretary may release information, statistics, or reports to individuals or organizations when in the Secretary's or Deputy Secretary's judgment such release would serve a useful purpose.


## Notes

### Amendments

[32 FR 10848, July 25, 1967, as amended at 54 FR 34980, Aug. 23, 1989]

### Amendments

[32 FR 10848, July 25, 1967]

### Authority

Authority: Sections 1.500 to 1.527 issued under 72 Stat. 1114, 1236, as amended; 38 U.S.C. 501, 5701.

### Authority

Authority: 38 U.S.C. 501, and as noted in specific sections.

### Source

Source: 40 FR 33944, Aug. 12, 1975, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[32 FR 10848, July 25, 1967, as amended at 54 FR 34980, Aug. 23, 1989]