The Board has determined that the veteran's overpayment of improved pension benefits should be waived due to undue financial hardship caused by his disability and lack of work, resulting in a decision granting waiver.
The deciding factor: Recovery of the $18,386 debt would cause undue financial hardship for the veteran as he faces significant medical expenses and other living costs.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 6, 2002
- Citation
- 0211481
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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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