The Board found that an overpayment of $1,322 was not properly created and therefore granted this portion of the appeal. However, the remaining overpayment in the amount of $2,644 was deemed to be a valid debt due to VA's error in terminating pension benefits.
The deciding factor: The appellant knew or should have known that her continued receipt of death pension benefits was incorrect due to her concurrent receipt of SSA benefits, leading to an overpayment. The Board found this not to be solely administrative error and thus the remaining overpayment is valid.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 20, 2015
- Citation
- 1521517
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