The Board denied the veteran's request for waiver of recovery of his overpayment of nonservice-connected pension benefits, finding that his failure to report his spouse's income was an act of bad faith.
The deciding factor: The veteran had knowledge of the likely consequences and engaged in unfair and deceptive dealings with VA by retaining a higher amount of pension benefits than he was entitled to due to his failure to timely report his spouse's income.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 26, 2001
- Citation
- 0123416
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What this means for you
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