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Granted

The Board has determined that recovery of the overpayment is against equity and good conscience, thus granting waiver of recovery.

The deciding factor: Recovery would be against equity and good conscience due to fault on both parties (veteran and VA), undue hardship caused by the reduction in benefits, and defeat of the purpose of paying benefits.

Claimed conditions
Not specified in this decision
How they argued it
Not specified
Exposure basis
None
Rating assigned
100%
Decision date
June 19, 2006
Citation
0617866

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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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