# Sharing Information Between the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense
> **US Department of Veterans Affairs** · Final rule. · Published 2012-09-05 · Effective 2012-09-05 · 77 FR 54367
## Document
- **Document number:** 2012-21816
- **Category:** va-other
- **Agency:** US Department of Veterans Affairs
- **Federal Register citation:** 77 FR 54367
- **CFR reference:** 38 CFR 1
- **Publication date:** 2012-09-05
- **Effective date:** 2012-09-05
## Abstract

This document adopts as final, without change, the interim final rule published in the Federal Register on October 20, 2011. This final rule removes a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) regulatory restriction on the sharing of certain medical information with the Department of Defense (DoD) that is not required by the applicable statute and is inconsistent with the intent and purpose of that statute.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2012/09/05/2012-21816/sharing-information-between-the-department-of-veterans-affairs-and-the-department-of-defense)
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