The Board found that the overpayment of $781.00 was validly created and there was no showing of fraud, misrepresentation or bad faith on the part of the veteran in its creation. The decision also noted that recovery would not be against equity and good conscience due to fault on both sides (the veteran's failure to report changes in his dependents' status and VA's continued payment).
The deciding factor: The overpayment was created due to a combination of the veteran's failure to inform VA of a change in his daughter's status as a student until February 2002, and VA's continued payment of benefits for her after October 31, 2002.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 8, 2005
- Citation
- 0529912
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