The Board found that the overpayment of VA nonservice-connected pension benefits in the calculated amount of $16,447.00 was not properly created due to administrative error by VA in sending notification letters to an incorrect address.
The deciding factor: VA failed to send notice of award and subsequent correspondence to the veteran's California address where he had been temporarily employed and received treatment, leading to his failure to understand his benefits and reporting requirements.
- 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 25, 2003
- Citation
- 0317702
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