The Board denied the appellant's request for a waiver of recovery of an overpayment of death pension benefits in the amount of $9,160 due to her failure to report income and her significant fault in creating the overpayment. The decision also noted that she currently has financial hardship.
The deciding factor: The appellant was at fault in not reporting her income which led to the creation of the overpayment, but the Board found that recovery would not result in unfair gain or deprivation of basic necessities.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 2, 2003
- Citation
- 0306353
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