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Whole decision: Granted

The Board has determined that the overpayment of $1,027.34 in Chapter 35 educational assistance benefits was properly created due to the appellant's receipt of nonpunitive grades for developmental classes and denied her request for a waiver of recovery.

The deciding factor: The appellant was solely at fault in creating the overpayment as she received nonpunitive grades that did not count towards graduation, which resulted in an overpayment. The VA took prompt action to terminate benefits upon learning of this issue.

Claimed conditions
Not specified in this decision
How they argued it
Not specified
Exposure basis
None
Rating
Not verified here — check the original decision
Decision date
July 5, 2006
Citation
0619596

Veterans Law Judge

John E. Ormond, Jr.

Decisions by this judge: 1,613 · Granted: 30% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)

Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.

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