The Board found that the overpayment of VA special monthly pension was properly created due to the veteran's failure to report his spouse's income and SSA benefits. The Board also determined that the veteran had bad faith in not reporting this information, which precluded waiver of recovery of the overpayment.
The deciding factor: The veteran's failure to report his wife's earned income and Social Security Administration (SSA) benefits constituted bad faith, leading to the creation of an overpayment. As a result, the Board denied the waiver of recovery of the overpayment.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 2, 2002
- Citation
- 0204055
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