The Board denied the veteran's request for waiver of recovery of an overpayment of compensation benefits in the amount of $16, 680.90 due to a lack of awareness regarding his need to report incarceration and subsequent reduction in VA benefits.
The deciding factor: The veteran did not act with intent to seek unfair advantage but rather lacked knowledge of the consequences of his incarceration on his VA benefits.
- Claimed conditions
- polyneuropathy with incomplete paralysis of radicular groups and incomplete paralysis of the sciatic and femoral nerves, pyloric channel ulcer, laceration of the left upper lip, residuals of a pilonidal cystectomy
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- June 23, 2005
- Citation
- 0517178
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What this means for you
A final Board denial may be appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, generally within 120 days of the Board mailing date. A Supplemental Claim with new and relevant evidence is a separate option. Another Higher-Level Review of the Board decision is not available. Check your own notice: this historical decision does not set your deadline.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
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- Whole decision: Denied
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- Whole decision: Dismissed
The appeal regarding the pyloric channel ulcer is dismissed. The issue of a compensable disability rating for bilateral hearing loss is remanded.
- Whole decision: Denied
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- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been submitted sufficient to reopen the DIC claim for service connection of cause of death. The Veteran's pancreatic cancer is found to be caused or aggravated by his service-connected hiatal hernia, GERD, gastric ulcer, duodenitis, and pyloric channel ulcer.
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