The Board denied a waiver of recovery of an overpayment of disability compensation in the amount of $9,281.83 due to fault on the part of the Veteran and lack of undue hardship or defeat of purpose.
The deciding factor: The Veteran was solely at fault for creating the debt by failing to report his return to active duty, which resulted in an overpayment. The Board found that recovery would not result in undue financial hardship and did not defeat the intended purpose of VA benefits. Additionally, the Veteran unjustly enriched himself by receiving both military pay and disability compensation simultaneously.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 31, 2013
- Citation
- 1324315
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