The Board has granted the appellant's request for waiver of recovery of an overpayment of death pension benefits in the amount of $2,823. The decision concludes that there is no indication of fraud or bad faith on the part of the appellant and that recovery would be against equity and good conscience.
The deciding factor: The Board found that while the appellant had fault in creating the overpayment, her actions did not rise to the level of bad faith, and that recovery would create undue financial hardship for her given her limited income and expenses.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 18, 2002
- Citation
- 0218365
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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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