The Board finds that the appellant is entitled to a waiver of recovery for an overpayment of Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) benefits in the amount of $23, 390.00 due to her lack of fault in creating the debt and potential financial hardship resulting from repayment.
The deciding factor: The creation of the debt appears to be entirely or almost entirely the fault of the VA, with multiple instances of the appellant contacting the RO regarding termination of benefits prior to action being taken.
- 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 14, 2001
- Citation
- 0126353
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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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