The Board found that the veteran was solely at fault in creating the overpayment of $5,347.00 due to his failure to report his unearned income promptly. The decision grants waiver of recovery of this overpayment as it would not deprive the veteran of basic necessities and does not defeat the purpose of the benefit.
The deciding factor: The veteran's fault in failing to report his social security disability benefits and retirement income contributed to the creation of the overpayment, while VA acted promptly upon receiving the information from the veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 6, 2003
- Citation
- 0330699
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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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