The Board has determined that the veteran's failure to promptly notify VA of his receipt of Social Security benefits was the sole cause of an overpayment in improved disability pension benefits. The Board found that the veteran had not demonstrated fraud, willful misrepresentation, or bad faith in creating the debt and concluded that recovery would be against equity and good conscience due to the appellant's inability to repay the indebtedness without subjecting him and his spouse to undue economic hardship.
The deciding factor: The veteran's failure to promptly notify VA of his receipt of Social Security benefits was the sole cause of the overpayment, and recovery would result in undue economic hardship for the veteran and his spouse.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- May 9, 2002
- Citation
- 0204295
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What this means for you
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