The Board has determined that the full amount of a $70,000 FTCA settlement should be offset against the veteran's compensation benefits and that an overpayment in the amount of $1,346 was not properly created. The appeal is granted for both issues.
The deciding factor: The veteran received a $70,000 FTCA settlement which required offsetting against his VA compensation benefits as per the law. Additionally, the Board found that the overpayment in question did not meet the criteria to be considered validly created by VA.
- Claimed conditions
- third degree burns
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 20, 2003
- Citation
- 0309301
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Decisions by this judge: 2,020 · Granted: 19% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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