The Board has determined that the overpayment of $11,168 was properly created due to the Veteran's failure to report his divorce and remarriage. The decision also found that recovery of this debt would not be against equity and good conscience.
The deciding factor: Recovery of the overpayment would create undue hardship for the Veteran as he had already paid back the debt using his savings, and it would defeat the purpose of the benefit to him by depriving him of additional compensation for which he was not eligible.
- 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 11, 2018
- Citation
- 1802731
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