The Board has determined that recovery of the overpayment would not violate equity and good conscience, as the appellant is shown to be at fault in creating the overpayment due to her failure to report income. The Board finds no evidence of bad faith on her part but concludes she has a very high degree of fault.
The deciding factor: The appellant's repeated failure to report receipt of income in a timely manner results in a very high degree of fault, approximating criteria for bad faith conduct.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 5, 2001
- Citation
- 0100435
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