The Board found that the overpayment of nonservice-connected pension benefits in the original amount of $22,814.00 was validly created due to the Veteran's failure to report his wife's Social Security Administration income for the period from March 2005. The Board also found that waiver of recovery of this overpayment is not warranted due to the Veteran's bad faith in failing to accurately report his family income and marital status.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's actions in not informing VA of his wife's Social Security Administration income, after he was requested to do so, and not initially reporting that he did not contribute to her financial support constituted bad faith.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 21, 2010
- Citation
- 1015110
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