The Board has determined that the veteran's $2,880 overpayment of pension benefits was properly created and calculated. The Committee found no indication of fraud or bad faith on the part of the veteran in creating this debt. However, recovery would cause undue hardship due to the veteran's financial situation. Therefore, waiver of recovery is granted.
The deciding factor: The veteran received a one-time payment from his retirement fund that was not reported as income for VA pension purposes, resulting in an overpayment. The Committee found no indication of fraud or bad faith on the part of the veteran and concluded that recovery would cause undue hardship due to the veteran's financial situation.
- 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 13, 2001
- Citation
- 0116172
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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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