The Board granted the veteran's request for waiver of recovery of an overpayment of VA disability pension benefits in the amount of $4,146.50, finding that it was not against equity and good conscience to require payment.
The deciding factor: The Board found that while the veteran had failed to report his income changes promptly, this did not rise to the level of bad faith or fraud, and thus waiver was permitted under equitable principles.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 20, 2002
- Citation
- 0202594
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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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