The Board found that the Veteran's overpayment of additional compensation for his dependent spouse was valid and not due to sole administrative error. The effective date is determined based on when VA received evidence of the change in marital status, which was November 27, 2012.
The deciding factor: VA did not receive notification of the Veteran's divorce and remarriage until November 27, 2012, but the Veteran had been overpaid from June 1, 2008 to November 30, 2008. The Veteran was aware of the erroneous payments.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- January 5, 2018
- Citation
- 1800793
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