The Board has granted a waiver of recovery for an overpayment of death pension benefits in the amount of $4,016 due to the appellant's failure to report her receipt of Social Security Administration (SSA) income. The decision concludes that the appellant's actions did not constitute bad faith and that recovery would be against equity and good conscience.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the appellant was substantially at fault in creating the overpayment by failing to timely report her receipt of SSA income, but also noted some VA fault due to delayed termination of benefits. The decision concluded that financial hardship was present given the appellant's limited assets and high monthly expenses relative to income.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 12, 2002
- Citation
- 0216159
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