The Board denied the veteran's request for a waiver of recovery of an overpayment of non-service-connected pension benefits in the amount of $3,468.00 due to fault on his part in not reporting income from the USDA and finding that repayment would not cause undue hardship.
The deciding factor: Recovery of the overpayment was denied as it would be against the principles of equity and good conscience because the veteran had failed to report income and repayment would not deprive him of basic necessities.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 2, 2001
- Citation
- 0117634
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What this means for you
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