The Board found that the overpayment of VA compensation benefits was properly created and is a valid debt, denying the appellant's appeal.
The deciding factor: The overpayment at issue was due to the appellant's son electing Chapter 35 Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA) benefits, which prohibited concurrent payment of both a dependency allowance and Chapter 35 benefits. The Board found that this was not due to sole administrative error on VA's part.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 13, 2014
- Citation
- 1450214
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