The Veteran's application for a waiver of overpayment of nonservice-connected pension benefits was granted, as the Board found that equity and good conscience necessitated waiving the debt due to the Veteran's financial hardship caused by the need to pay for his residential care facility.
The deciding factor: Waiver of repayment would result in undue hardship given the Veteran's limited income and reliance on VA benefits for his residential care facility, resulting in unjust enrichment if denied.
- 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 15, 2015
- Citation
- 1530289
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A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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