The Board has determined that the veteran's failure to report receipt of Social Security benefits did not constitute bad faith, misrepresentation or fraud. Therefore, waiver of recovery of overpayment of $18,028.00 is granted.
The deciding factor: The veteran's fault in creating the debt does not rise to the level of bad faith as he was ill and hospitalized at the time of his application for VA benefits.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 11, 2003
- Citation
- 0315681
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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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