The Board found that the veteran's overpayment of VA improved pension benefits was not due to fraud, misrepresentation or bad faith. The decision granted a waiver of recovery for $1,500 of the overpayment.
The deciding factor: The veteran did not commit fraud, misrepresentation or bad faith in creating the overpayment and collection would cause undue hardship as it would endanger her ability to provide for 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
- June 26, 2003
- Citation
- 0314069
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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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