The Board denied the appellant's request for a waiver of recovery of an overpayment of $17,158 in pension benefits due to her bad faith in submitting EVR forms that concealed her income.
The deciding factor: The appellant submitted EVR forms that failed to disclose her 1993 income, which was the sole fault leading to the creation of the overpayment. The Board found this to be intentional and barred a waiver based on equity and good conscience.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 1, 2000
- Citation
- 0002514
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