The Board found that the veteran's son was not a dependent after his marriage, leading to an overpayment. The remaining $1,636 of the overpayment is waived due to equity and good conscience.
The deciding factor: VA fault substantially outweighed the veteran's minor error in reporting his son as unmarried on his school certification form.
- 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 31, 2001
- Citation
- 0119712
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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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