Granted
The Board granted the waiver of recovery of an overpayment of pension benefits in the amount of $21,491.00 due to undue financial hardship and against equity and good conscience.
The deciding factor: Recovery would result in undue financial hardship on the Veteran and would be against equity and good conscience given his 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
- March 19, 2009
- Citation
- 0910313
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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