The Board denied the veteran's claims for waiver of recovery of overpayment debts in vocational rehabilitation benefits, finding that it was contrary to equity and good conscience to recover the $196.89 debt but not the $362.91 debt.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the creation of the $196.89 debt was solely due to VA error, while the veteran's actions in dropping a course contributed to the creation of the $362.91 debt.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 10, 2000
- Citation
- 0017860
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What this means for you
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