The Board has granted the waiver of recovery of an overpayment of improved disability pension benefits in the calculated amount of $13,069 due to the appellant's failure to report countable income. The decision also considers whether collection would result in undue economic hardship.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the appellant was at fault for not reporting her additional income and that recovery would cause undue economic hardship.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 28, 2003
- Citation
- 0305987
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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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