The Board denied the claim for waiver of recovery of an overpayment of VA improved pension benefits in the amount of $545 due to the lack of entitlement to such payment as the claimant was not a designated living payee or beneficiary.
The deciding factor: The claimant is the granddaughter of the veteran, and she did not have the status of a designated living payee or beneficiary when she cashed the pension check. As such, waiver consideration could not be applied due to her lack of entitlement to the payment.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 30, 2003
- Citation
- 0325728
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What this means for you
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