The Board has granted the veteran's appeal and established entitlement to waiver of recovery of an overpayment of improved disability pension benefits, finding that recovery would be against equity and good conscience.
The deciding factor: The financial situation of the veteran and his wife is precarious due to their need for nursing home care, which severely impacts their ability to meet necessary living expenses. The Board has resolved all doubts in favor of the veteran, concluding that recovery of the overpayment would not be against equity and good conscience.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 17, 2000
- Citation
- 0021856
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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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