The Board denied the Veteran's request for a waiver of recovery of an overpayment of VA pension benefits, during the period from June 1, 2003 to December 1, 2007. The decision found that the creation of the overpayment was valid and that there was no bad faith or fraud on the part of the Veteran. However, the Board concluded that recovery would not be against equity and good conscience due to the fault of the Veteran in failing to report his SSA disability benefits.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's fault in creating the overpayment outweighed any potential hardship caused by recovery, as he was aware of the need to notify VA of changes in income but did not do so.
- 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 3, 2014
- Citation
- 1414684
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