The Board has determined that the overpayment of $1,648 in pension benefits was created due to VA administrative error and is therefore invalid. The veteran does not owe this debt.
The deciding factor: The creation of the overpayment was solely based on VA administrative error, which resulted in incorrect payments being made to the veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- April 16, 2004
- Citation
- 0409896
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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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