The Veteran's overpayment of $1,538.33 for educational benefits was waived due to financial hardship and the fact that collection would deprive her of basic necessities.
The deciding factor: Recovery of the debt would result in undue hardship as it would deprive the Veteran or her family of basic necessities, and would defeat the purpose of the education benefits which were intended to aid Veterans in improving their financial situation through training for a career.
- 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 27, 2009
- Citation
- 0911596
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.
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