The Board has waived the recovery of $1,198 from the appellant for her overpayment of VA improved death pension benefits. This decision is based on the finding that it would be against equity and good conscience to require repayment.
The deciding factor: Recovery of the overpayment does not deprive the appellant of the ability to provide for life's basic necessities, nor would it defeat the purpose of the benefit as she is not entitled to monthly payments of improved death pension.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- August 1, 2000
- Citation
- 0020169
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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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