The Board has granted the veteran's request for waiver of recovery of overpayment of VA pension benefits and also granted an earlier effective date for the nonservice-connected VA pension.
The deciding factor: The Committee on Waivers and Compromises found no indication of fraud, misrepresentation, or bad faith in the veteran's actions regarding his spouse's income. The Board determined that considering all factors, including the lack of fault on the part of the veteran and undue hardship to collect the overpayment, it would be against equity and good conscience to recover the overpayment.
- 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
- 0119795
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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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