The Board denied the appellant's request for waiver of recovery of an overpayment of VA improved death pension benefits, finding that the overpayment was properly created and that recovery would not be against equity and good conscience.
The deciding factor: The Board determined that the appellant had significant fault in creating the overpayment by failing to report all her income, including wages. The overpayment represented a sum she was not entitled to under the law after February 1990 when her pension was terminated due to excess income. Recovery of the overpayment would have created undue financial hardship for the appellant and would defeat the purpose of benefits intended for widows with very limited resources.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 20, 2000
- Citation
- 0033188
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