The Board denied the appellant's request for waiver of recovery of an overpayment of improved death pension benefits in the amount of $1,920 due to her fault in creating the debt and found that collection would not be against equity and good conscience.
The deciding factor: The appellant had a significant degree of fault in the creation of the debt and her income exceeded her expenses, making it unlikely she would be deprived of basic necessities if the overpayment was recovered.
- 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 11, 2000
- Citation
- 0018085
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