The Board finds that the debt in the amount of $6,675.00 for overpayment of VA service-connected compensation dependent benefits is valid and grants a waiver of recovery.
The deciding factor: The nearly eight years it took the RO to act on the Veteran's information regarding his deceased spouse's death outweighs the fault on the Veteran's part in continuing to accept the additional dependent benefit, making the debt valid and warranting a waiver of recovery.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- February 18, 2016
- Citation
- 1606138
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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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