The Board found that the overpayment of nonservice-connected pension benefits from October 1, 2008, to September 30, 2010, in the amount of $8,629.00 was validly created due to the Veteran's failure to report an increase in his wife's income.
The deciding factor: The Board determined that the Veteran was not legally entitled to nonservice-connected pension benefits from October 1, 2008, to February 1, 2010, as their combined family income exceeded the maximum annual pension rate (MAPR). The Veteran did not report his wife's increased income until a later date.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 9, 2018
- Citation
- 1801033
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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