The Board denied the veteran's waiver of recovery of an overpayment of educational assistance in the amount of $7,835.57 due to his fault in accepting benefits he was not entitled to.
The deciding factor: The veteran had knowledge or should have known that he was not entitled to payment for certain periods and received duplicate payments, resulting in an overpayment. The Board found that recovery would not violate the principles of equity and good conscience as it did not subject the veteran and his family to undue economic hardship.
- 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 9, 2002
- Citation
- 0204306
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