The Board has determined that the overpayment of disability compensation benefits for the period from September 1, 1979 to August 31, 1991 should be waived due to significant fault on the part of the veteran. The recovery of the overpayment covering the period from February 1, 1979 through August 31, 1979 is also granted.
The deciding factor: The Board found that failure to make restitution of this portion of the overpayment would result in an unfair gain to the veteran and concluded that recovery was consistent with the standard of equity and good conscience.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- September 28, 2000
- Citation
- 0026016
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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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