The Board found that the appellant's withdrawal from courses to maintain a higher grade point average did not constitute fraud, misrepresentation, or bad faith. The overpayment was validly created and the debt is now waived due to VA's fault outweighing the appellant's fault in this case.
The deciding factor: VA's fault in creating the overpayment of Kicker benefits was found to be greater than the appellant's fault in withdrawing from courses without mitigating circumstances.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 17, 2008
- Citation
- 0823921
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