The Board denied the Veteran's requests for waivers of overpayment of VA compensation benefits, finding that the fault was primarily on the Veteran and that recovery would not result in undue hardship or defeat the purpose of his VA benefits.
The deciding factor: Primary fault lies with the Veteran due to his failure to report incarcerations timely, resulting in an overpayment. Recovery did not subject him to undue hardship and denial does not defeat the purpose of his VA benefits.
- Claimed conditions
- Pilonidal cyst
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- June 25, 2010
- Citation
- 1023852
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- Granted
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- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not prevent him from obtaining or maintaining substantially gainful employment.
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