The Board has granted the veteran's waiver of recovery of an overpayment of improved pension benefits in the amount of $281.13, finding that recovery would not be against equity and good conscience due to the veteran's limited education and financial hardship.
The deciding factor: The fault of the debtor (the veteran) was mitigated by his limited education, and recovery of the overpayment would result in financial hardship for the veteran.
- 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 20, 2002
- Citation
- 0216698
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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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