The Veteran's request for a waiver of overpayment of $2,468 in pension benefits was granted due to the delay caused by the change in address and the fact that recovery would be against equity and good conscience.
The deciding factor: Collection of the debt would result in undue hardship on the Veteran, who is an older widower with no other sources of income. The overpayment occurred for a disability pension benefit, which was awarded to mitigate financial hardships due to disabilities.
- 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 10, 2018
- Citation
- 1801734
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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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