The Board denied the veteran's request for a waiver of overpayment of VA compensation benefits, finding that repayment would not cause undue hardship and that there was no fault on the part of the veteran in creating the debt. The decision also noted that the veteran did not have any service connection issues.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the veteran's failure to report income from Social Security Administration and worker's compensation claim contributed to the creation of the overpayment, but concluded that this was not against equity and good conscience due to the lack of fault on the part of the VA and the absence of undue hardship.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 17, 2007
- Citation
- 0739644
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