---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 C.F.R. § 1.993"
title: "38"
number: "1.993"
heading: "Non-waiver of rights."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/38/1.993"
---

# §1.993. Non-waiver of rights.


So long as there are not statutory or contractual provisions to the contrary, an employee's involuntary payment (of all or a portion of a debt) under these regulations will not be interpreted as a waiver of any rights that the employee may have under [5 U.S.C. 5514](/usc/5/5514.md).

VA will refund promptly to the appropriate individual amounts offset under these regulations when:

- (a) A debt is waived or otherwise found not owed the United States (unless expressly prohibited by statute or regulation); or
- (b) VA is directed by an administrative or judicial order to refund amounts deducted from the employee's current pay.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 52 FR 1905, Jan. 16, 1987, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

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

### Source

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