The Board has determined that it is contrary to equity and good conscience to recover the veteran's debt of $6,076 resulting from an overpayment of pension benefits. The decision grants waiver of recovery.
The deciding factor: The veteran's fault in creating the overpayment was mitigated by circumstances such as a large increase in his Social Security income which he did not report timely, and financial hardship would result if collection were to be undertaken.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 7, 2001
- Citation
- 0115720
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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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