The Board found that the veteran's failure to report his spouse's increased income for 1998 was an innocent mistake and granted waiver of recovery of the overpayment.
The deciding factor: Recovery would result in undue financial hardship for the veteran and his family, as their monthly expenses exceed their income by a significant amount.
- 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 11, 2001
- Citation
- 0118166
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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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