The Board found that an overpayment of $20,789 was properly created due to the veteran's misrepresentation and bad faith in reporting his income. The waiver of recovery for this overpayment is precluded.
The deciding factor: The veteran misrepresented material facts involving his income, employment status, and net worth during the relevant time periods, which resulted in an overpayment of improved pension benefits.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- June 5, 2000
- Citation
- 0014651
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