Denied
The Board denied the appellant's request for waiver of recovery of an overpayment of death pension benefits in the amount of $21,746.00 due to bad faith on the part of the appellant.
The deciding factor: The appellant failed to report her earned income from 1993 to 1997 and acted in bad faith by continuing to accept death pension benefits she knew she was not entitled to receive.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 17, 2009
- Citation
- 0905703
What this means for you
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