The Veteran's request for a waiver of his $9,395.00 debt incurred as an overpayment of VA nonservice-connected pension benefits was denied because it was not made within the required 180-day period after he received notice of the debt.
The deciding factor: The Veteran did not file a timely request for the waiver of his debt due to confusion regarding the creation of two debts in close proximity, which prevented him from understanding the August 2012 notification of his second indebtedness. The 180-day deadline for filing a request for a waiver is nonextendable.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 19, 2017
- Citation
- 1758813
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