The Veteran's overpayment of nonservice-connected pension benefits in the amount of $25,674.00 is waived due to his inability to repay it without causing undue hardship and because recovery would defeat the purpose for which the VA pension benefit was intended.
The deciding factor: Recovery of the overpayment would result in undue hardship by depriving the Veteran of basic necessities of life, and repayment would defeat the purpose of the VA pension program of helping veterans cope with financial challenges.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 1, 2017
- Citation
- 1736796
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