The Board denied the veteran's request for waiver of recovery of an overpayment of education benefits, finding that there was fault on the part of the veteran in creating the overpayment and no fault on the part of VA. The decision concluded that recovery would not be against equity and good conscience.
The deciding factor: There was fault on the part of the veteran for accepting VA education benefits based upon being enrolled in 12 credit hours when he was, in fact, only enrolled in 6 credit hours.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 25, 2003
- Citation
- 0303222
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What this means for you
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