Granted

The Board has granted the veteran's appeal, finding that the overpayment of Chapter 31 benefits was due to sole VA error and thus not properly created. The veteran is entitled to a waiver of recovery.

The deciding factor: The award of Chapter 31 benefits continued at the time of reinstatement of his Chapter 30 benefits, resulting in an erroneous award that was solely caused by VA's failure to timely terminate the veteran's Chapter 31 benefits.

Claimed conditions: Not specified in this decision
How they argued it: Not specified
Exposure basis: None
Rating: Not verified here — check the original decision
Decision date: January 27, 2004
Citation: 0402545

Veterans Law Judge

C. P. RUSSELL

Decisions by this judge: 464 · Granted: 21% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)

Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.

This is a plain-language summary generated by AI from a public Board of Veterans’ Appeals decision. It can contain errors — always verify against the original. Search VA.gov for the original decision (opens in a new tab) using citation 0402545.

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