The Board found that the overpayment of disability compensation benefits was properly created due to fault on both VA and the veteran's part. The veteran is entitled to a waiver of recovery because collection would not result in undue economic hardship, nor would it defeat the purpose for which the disability compensation program is intended.
The deciding factor: The creation of the overpayment at issue resulted from acts of omission by both VA and the veteran, with the veteran's relative degree of fault being considered. The Board determined that recovery would not subject the veteran to undue economic hardship or nullify the objective of the disability compensation program.
- Claimed conditions
- schizophrenia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- August 7, 2000
- Citation
- 0020718
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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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