The veteran's income from a private pension plan is not countable income for VA purposes and thus the reduction to his special monthly pension benefits based on this income is denied.
The deciding factor: The RO incorrectly referred to the veteran's retirement income as 'unreported' when it initially granted special monthly pension, but the subsequent corrective actions are found to be proper. The veteran was receiving this income from January 1, 2003 and therefore the income is countable for VA purposes.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 5, 2007
- Citation
- 0700257
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