The Board found no evidence of fraud, bad faith, or misrepresentation in the creation of the overpayment and granted a waiver of $10,000. The remaining debt was not waived due to the appellant's actions constituting bad faith.
The deciding factor: The Committee determined that the appellant acted with intent to avoid responsibility for her valid debt by transferring her house to her son, which constituted bad faith in dealing with VA.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 18, 2004
- Citation
- 0415899
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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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