The Board found that the overpayment of VA educational assistance benefits was not properly created, as the appellant received payments to which she was legally entitled for the periods in question.
The deciding factor: The appellant had been certified and paid at the full-time rate (12 credit hours or more per semester) for each enrollment period, even though her actual completed credits did not always match the certified hours. The Board concluded that the overpayment was improperly created due to a clerical error in certification.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 11, 2006
- Citation
- 0628595
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