The Board found that the veteran's request for waiver of overpayment was timely filed, despite being made more than 180 days after his legal custodian was notified of the overpayment. The Board considered this to be a case where circumstances beyond the veteran's control prevented him from receiving timely notice of the debt.
The deciding factor: The veteran's incompetence and lack of access to information about his account allowed for an extension of the 180-day period for filing a waiver request.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 17, 2004
- Citation
- 0406924
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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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