The Board found that the termination of payment for a surviving spouse pension was proper, but created an overpayment and debt of $4,040.56 instead of $4,414.56. The appellant is due a return of overcollected funds in the amount of $364.00.
The deciding factor: The Board determined that the appellant's entitlement for the period March 1, 2009 through January 31, 2010 was actually $302 per month, resulting in a total entitlement of $3,983 and an overpayment and debt of $4,040.56.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 23, 2016
- Citation
- 1633308
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