The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection of a psychiatric disability to include PTSD and also denied his request for waiver of recovery of an overpayment of improved pension benefits in the amount of $1,458 due to fault on his part.
The deciding factor: The veteran was solely at fault in creating the overpayment of improved pension benefits by failing to report his spouse's income in a timely manner.
- Claimed conditions
- psychiatric disability (PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 8, 2000
- Citation
- 0023844
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