The Board denied the appellant's request for a waiver of overpayment in the amount of $4,861 due to administrative error. The Board found that both VA and the appellant shared fault in creating the overpayment, thus not warranting elimination solely on administrative error grounds.
The deciding factor: Both VA and the appellant share fault in the creation of the overpayment, as evidenced by the appellant's retention of payments intended for her deceased husband.
- 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 28, 2001
- Citation
- 0123758
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