The Board has granted the appellant's request to waive an overpayment of $2,938.00 in his VA pension benefits due to mitigating circumstances including the appellant's age, occupation as a minister, and the fact that his wife is in a nursing home.
The deciding factor: The Board found no bad faith on the part of the appellant and concluded that the principles of equity and good conscience are for application in this case given the mitigating circumstances involving the appellant's age, health, and the need to support his wife in a nursing home.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 23, 2000
- Citation
- 0016706
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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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