The Board denied the veteran's request for a waiver to recover overpayment of pension benefits, finding that the veteran was solely at fault in creating the debt and that recovery would not result in unfair gain or deprive him of basic necessities.
The deciding factor: The actions of the appellant contributed to the creation of the overpayment, but collection would not result in deprivation of basic necessities or nullify the intended objective for which benefits were provided.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 30, 2003
- Citation
- 0329742
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What this means for you
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