The Board denied the appellant's request for waiver of overpayment of death pension benefits, finding that her actions were solely at fault in creating the overpayment and that recovery would not be against equity and good conscience.
The deciding factor: The appellant failed to report income from a housing authority, resulting in an overpayment. The Board found that she was solely responsible for this error and that recovery of the overpayment would not result in undue hardship or defeat the purpose of the death pension benefits program.
- 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 10, 2001
- Citation
- 0100540
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