The Board found that the appellant's request for a waiver of recovery of an overpayment of death pension benefits in the amount of $5,020 was timely filed and granted.
The deciding factor: The Board determined that the appellant had submitted her request within 180 days following notification of the debt, thus meeting the requirement for timely filing.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 14, 2004
- Citation
- 0409614
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,776 · Granted: 24% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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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