The Board finds that the appellant is solely at fault in the creation of this debt due to her failure to inform VA promptly of her change in income. The Board also finds that financial hardship would result from collection of the overpayment, and thus waives recovery of an overpayment of improved pension benefits.
The deciding factor: The appellant's actions contributed to the creation of the overpayment, but financial hardship would result from repayment.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 17, 2006
- Citation
- 0632247
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What this means for you
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