The Board found that the overpayment of $7,556.00 was properly created for a period from November 1, 1990 to August 29, 1992 and not properly established for a period from August 30, 1992 to April 1, 1999 due to sole administrative error.
The deciding factor: The veteran was divorced in October 1990 but did not inform the VA of this change until August 30, 1992. The VA failed to take timely action on this information and continued providing benefits for his spouse beyond this time period.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 18, 2003
- Citation
- 0335614
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