---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 C.F.R. § 5.0"
title: "38"
number: "5.0"
heading: "Purpose."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/38/5.0"
---

# §5.0. Purpose.


This part provides the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA's) processes and procedures for issuing and managing guidance documents.


## Notes

### Amendments

[86 FR 30184, June 7, 2021]

### Authority

Authority: 38 U.S.C. 501; E.O. 12866, 58 FR 51735, 3 CFR, 1993 Comp., p. 638.

### Source

Source: 85 FR 72570, Nov. 13, 2020, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[86 FR 30184, June 7, 2021]