The Board denied the appellant's request for a waiver of recovery of an overpayment of VA pension benefits in the amount of $11,242.88 due to her failure to notify VA of income from Social Security Administration (SSA). The Board found that she was solely at fault in creating the debt and that collection would not violate equity and good conscience.
The deciding factor: The appellant's failure to report SSA income resulted in an overpayment, which she has already partially repaid. The Board determined that withholding recovery of this amount would not result in undue hardship or defeat the objective for which the benefits were intended.
- 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
- 1801906
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