The Board found that the veteran's failure to report his wife's income from a daycare business resulted in an overpayment of disability pension benefits, which was validly created. The veteran's intent to misrepresent his family's income with knowledge of the likely consequences led to the creation of this debt and is considered bad faith.
The deciding factor: The veteran misrepresented his family's income with knowledge of the reporting requirement, resulting in an overpayment due to his wife's daycare business 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
- November 1, 2001
- Citation
- 0125762
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