The Board found that a waiver of recovery of $2,745.00 of the overpayment of improved death pension benefits is granted, but denied a waiver of recovery of $2,000 of the overpayment.
The deciding factor: The appellant was solely at fault in creating the debt and repayment would not defeat the purpose of the program or result in undue financial hardship. However, partial waiver was found to be within the Board's discretion.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 22, 2001
- Citation
- 0114352
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What this means for you
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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