The Board denied the appellant's request for waiver of recovery of overpayment in the amount of $5,872 due to fault on his part and lack of undue hardship.
The deciding factor: Fault on the part of the debtor (the appellant) outweighed any VA fault, and continued acceptance of payments after being notified of remarriage indicated knowledge or reasonableness of non-entitlement.
- 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
- 0017872
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