If request is from NOK or a third-party WITH written consent of NOK:
Furnish copy of Report of Death, Casualty Report, or Certificate of Death PROVIDED death was in line of duty, not due to own misconduct, and was not due to a disease that reflects unfavorably upon the deceased.

If death was due to misconduct or a disease that reflects unfavorably on the deceased:
PREPARE “Report of Death” form and omit cause of death.

If request is from a third-party WITHOUT written consent of NOK:
Furnish only data releasable under FOIA.

Source:  NPRC 1865.118