The Board has determined that recovery of the overpayment would be against equity and good conscience, thus granting the veteran's waiver of the overpayment of $6,329.44.
The deciding factor: Recovery of the overpayment would cause undue financial hardship for the veteran due to his medical expenses and limited income.
- Claimed conditions
- permanent and total disability, injuries resulting in vision loss of the right eye, leg amputation
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 12, 2005
- Citation
- 0500910
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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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