The Board denied the appellant's claim for waiver of recovery of an overpayment of Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) benefits, finding that recovery would not be against equity and good conscience.
The deciding factor: The fault between the appellant and the VA was relatively balanced, but the appellant was unjustly enriched by receiving duplicate DIC benefits to which she was not entitled under VA laws and regulations. Recovery of the overpayment would not deprive the appellant of basic life necessities.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 20, 2006
- Citation
- 0611380
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