The Board denied the veteran's request for waiver of recovery of a nonservice-connected disability pension overpayment, finding that his bad faith in not reporting his spouse's income resulted in an overpayment. The decision is based on multiple notifications from VA regarding the need to report family income and the method of calculating pension benefits.
The deciding factor: The veteran acted in bad faith by failing to notify VA of his wife's receipt of income, which led to a reduction in his pension award and subsequent overpayment.
- 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 28, 2003
- Citation
- 0317919
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What this means for you
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