The Board has found that the appellant's failure to inform the VA of her receipt of income was not due to fraud, misrepresentation or bad faith. Therefore, waiver of recovery of the overpayment is granted.
The deciding factor: The appellant did not act with intent to seek an unfair advantage and had no knowledge of likely consequences.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 11, 2001
- Citation
- 0124535
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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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