The Board finds that the overpayment was not the result of administrative error because the Veteran bore the responsibility to notify VA of any dependency changes. The creation of the overpayment was, therefore, valid and the Veteran's appeal must be denied.
The deciding factor: The Board lacks the legal authority to award an earlier effective date for the payment of the Veteran's compensation benefits at the higher rate due to his remarriage within a few months after his divorce became final.
- 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 11, 2017
- Citation
- 1738062
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