The Board has determined that the overpayment of $3,020 in improved pension benefits was properly created due to unreported retirement income. The decision is granted as recovery would not be against equity and good conscience.
The deciding factor: Recovery of the overpayment does not deprive the veteran or his family of basic necessities and fails to defeat the purpose of the benefit, thus meeting the criteria for waiver under '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 24, 2000
- Citation
- 0004791
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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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