The Board found that the veteran was at fault in creating the loan guaranty indebtedness and concluded that repayment would not violate equity and good conscience, thus granting the waiver of recovery.
The deciding factor: The veteran's substantial income and potential future entitlement to Social Security benefits allowed him to afford repayment without compromising his ability to provide for himself and his family.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 27, 2000
- Citation
- 0002000
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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