The veteran's request for waiver of recovery of an overpayment of VA improved pension benefits in the amount of $11,927 was found to be timely filed.
The deciding factor: The veteran submitted a completed Financial Status Report within 180 days of being notified of the overpayment and indicated financial hardship.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 11, 2003
- Citation
- 0319789
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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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