The Board has granted the veteran's request to waive recovery of an overpayment of pension benefits, finding that there is no indication of fraud or bad faith on his part and concluding that recovery would not be against equity and good conscience.
The deciding factor: The decision concluded that while the veteran was aware of the need to inform the RO of his wife's income, the VA did not promptly adjust his pension award. This resulted in an overpayment which is now waived due to lack of fault on the part of the veteran and consideration of financial hardship.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 14, 2004
- Citation
- 0412601
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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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