The Board affirms VA's decision to deny the Veteran's request for a waiver of overpayment because it was not timely filed, based on the presumption of regularity in VA operations and the Veteran's failure to provide evidence of circumstances beyond his control preventing him from receiving notifications.
The deciding factor: VA notified the Veteran about his obligation to report SSA benefits, updated its address records multiple times, and delivered three letters regarding the overpayment to the Veteran's then-address of record. The Board found no reason to extend the 180-day period for filing a waiver request due to VA's regularity in operations.
- 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 8, 2015
- Citation
- 1529198
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