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Granted

The Board has granted a waiver of recovery for an overpayment of $566.64 in nonservice-connected pension benefits, finding that repayment would cause undue financial hardship and is against equity and good conscience.

The deciding factor: Recovery of the overpayment would result in undue financial hardship due to the veteran's limited income and medical expenses, which equaled his monthly income.

Claimed conditions
Not specified in this decision
How they argued it
Not specified
Exposure basis
None
Rating assigned
100%
Decision date
February 17, 2006
Citation
0604666

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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