The Board denied the Veteran's appeal, finding that while there was administrative error by the VA in failing to respond to his October 2010 statement of divorce, he also contributed to the overpayment by continuing to accept full compensation benefits despite knowing he was not entitled to them.
The deciding factor: The Veteran continued to receive full compensation benefits despite being aware of the AOJ's failure to reduce his award following his October 2010 statement alerting the AOJ of his divorce from J.B.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- April 7, 2017
- Citation
- 1713200
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