The Board found that the overpayment of $2,019.00 was validly created and there was no indication of fraud, misrepresentation or bad faith in its creation. The Veteran's failure to report a decrease in his medical expenses did not constitute fault as he had been notified but may have simply overlooked this information. As such, the Board granted the waiver of recovery of the overpayment due to financial hardship.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's failure to inform VA of a decrease in his medical expenses resulted in an overpayment which was validly created and not due to fraud or bad faith. The creation of the overpayment did not result from fault on the part of VA, but rather from the Veteran's omission.
- 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 16, 2012
- Citation
- 1228291
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