The Board has granted the appellant's request for waiver of recovery of an overpayment of $4,535 in death pension benefits due to financial hardship and the need to balance the purpose of the benefits with the appellant's current financial situation.
The deciding factor: Recovery of the debt would cause undue financial hardship to the appellant and defeat the purpose of the pension benefits intended to meet basic needs.
- 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 30, 2001
- Citation
- 0119642
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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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