The veteran's claim for a waiver of overpayment of VA compensation benefits was denied because the Board found that recovery would not be against the principles of equity and good conscience.
The deciding factor: Recovery of the overpayment would result in undue financial hardship on the veteran and deprive him of the basic necessities of life, and failure to recover the overpayment would result in unjust enrichment.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of peptic ulcer disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- May 16, 2001
- Citation
- 0113754
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