The Board denied the appellant's request for waiver of an overpayment of improved disability pension benefits, finding that he was at fault in creating the overpayment due to his failure to timely notify VA of his wife's increased income from employment. The Board concluded that recovery would not result in undue hardship and that it would be against equity and good conscience to waive the overpayment.
The deciding factor: The appellant was found to have been at fault for failing to timely notify VA of his wife's increased income, which led to the creation of the overpayment.
- 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 28, 2000
- Citation
- 0005169
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