---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 C.F.R. § 1.527"
title: "38"
number: "1.527"
heading: "Administrative review."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/38/1.527"
---

# §1.527. Administrative review.

- (a) Any person may, in the event of a denial of his or her request to inspect or obtain information from or copies of records within the purview of [§§ 1.501 through 1.526](/cfr/38/1.501..1.526.md), appeal such denial. Such appeal, stating the circumstances of the denial, should be addressed, as appropriate, to the field facility, administration, or staff office head.
- (b) A denial action not reversed by a field facility, administration, or staff office head on appeal, will be referred through normal channels to the General Counsel.
- (c) The final agency decision in such appeals will be made by the General Counsel or the Deputy General Counsel.

## Notes

### Amendments

[32 FR 10850, July 25, 1967, as amended at 55 FR 21546, May 25, 1990]

### 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 10850, July 25, 1967, as amended at 55 FR 21546, May 25, 1990]