The Veteran's request for waiver of overpayment of non service-connected pension benefits was not timely filed, and therefore the claim must be denied.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's application requesting waiver of the indebtedness at issue was not timely filed due to a failure to meet the statutory requirement of filing within 180 days following notice of indebtedness.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 27, 2009
- Citation
- 0932218
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