The Board denied the appellant's request for waiver of recovery of an overpayment of improved death pension benefits in the amount of $4,536 due to bad faith on her part. The overpayment was found to be improperly created due to unreported income.
The deciding factor: The appellant engaged in unfair and deceptive dealings with VA by misreporting her son's adoption status and claiming him as a dependent, which resulted in an overpayment of $3,182. Additionally, the overpayment of $1,354 was found to be improperly created due to unreported income.
- 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 17, 2003
- Citation
- 0307379
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